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World Instruments Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a chordophone?

a)

A phone with a chord attached to it.

b)

A musical instrument with a membrane stretched over it

c)

An instrument whose sound is generated by plucking, bowing, or striking stretched strings

d)

Something you shake to make sound.

2.

Brass and woodwind instruments are called _________________

a)

idiophones

b)

aerophones

c)

membranaphones

d)

chordophone

3.

How do ALL instruments make sound?

a)

Something is vibrating

b)

Exothermic reaction

c)

Endothermic reaction

d)

Frequency

4.

What is the definition of membranophone?

a)

A membrane stretched across a surface to create a musical instrument.

b)

An instrument that you blow into to create sound.

c)

An instrument created through electric currents.

d)

An instrument shake.

5.

True or False

Instrument families and instrument classes are the same thing.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Sound is primarily produced by the actual body of the instrument vibrating, rather than a string, membrane, or column of air.

a)

IDIOPHONES

b)

MEMBRANOPHONES

c)

CHORDOPHONES

d)

AEROPHONES

7.

What Instrument Family does a Sitar belong to?

a)

Woodwind

b)

Brass

c)

Percussion

d)

Strings

8.

What instrument family does the Tabla belong to?

a)

Woodwind

b)

Brass

c)

Strings

d)

Percussion

9.

What classification would the Shamisen fall under?

a)

Aerophone

b)

Chordophone

c)

Membranophone

d)

Idiophone

10.

What classification would the Taiko drum fall under?

a)

Aerophone

b)

Chordophone

c)

Membranophone

d)

Idiophone

11.

What Instrument Family does the Suona belong to?

a)

Woodwind

b)

Brass

c)

Percussion

d)

Strings

12.

What Instrument Family does the Koto belong to?

a)

Woodwind

b)

Brass

c)

Percussion

d)

Strings

13.

What classification would the Erhu fall under?

a)

Aerophone

b)

Chordophone

c)

Membranophone

d)

Idiophone

14.

What classification would the Uillean Pipes fall under?

a)

Aerophone

b)

Chordophone

c)

Membranophone

d)

Idiophone

15.

What instrument family does the Shakuhachi belong to?

a)

Woodwind

b)

Brass

c)

Strings

d)

Percussion