Instruments

Question 1

Dizi

Answer 1

A Chinese flute.

Question 2

Sakuhachi

Answer 2

A Japanese bamboo flute, held vertically.

Question 3

Sho

Answer 3

A Japanese mouth organ

Question 4

Biwa

Answer 4

A short necked Japanese lute

Question 5

Shamisen

Answer 5

A three stringed Japanese lute, played with a large pick

Question 6

Koto

Answer 6

A Japanese zither with three strings and around six feet long.

Question 7

Tsuridako

Answer 7

Japanese bass drum.

Question 8

Kotsuzmi

Answer 8

Japanese hand drum

Question 9

Panpipes

Answer 9

An instrument made up of a row of short pipes used in Latin American music.

Question 10

Quena

Answer 10

A Latin American recorder.

Question 11

Guiro

Answer 11

A handheld instrument with a series of grooves embedded into its body; scraped with a stick to make a sound

Question 12

Maracas

Answer 12

Hand held instruments hollowed with beads; shaken to make a sound.

Question 13

Carango

Answer 13

A Spanish lute.

Question 14

Button accordion

Answer 14

An accordion with buttons instead of piano-like keys.

Question 15

Claves

Answer 15

Two handheld metal instruments; struck together to make a sound.

Question 16

Conga

Answer 16

Tall pairs of drums in Latin American music.

Question 17

Timbales

Answer 17

Small drum cased in metal; used in Latin American music

Question 18

Berimbau

Answer 18

A Latin American erhu, but plucked instead of bowed.

Question 19

Bongos

Answer 19

Two handheld drums with different sizes and different pitches; used in Latin America

Question 20

Cowbell

Answer 20

Metal instrument struck with a beater; used in Latin American music.

Question 21

Sitar

Answer 21

A large, longed necked Indian lute

Question 22

Tambura

Answer 22

A long necked lute in Indian classical music

Question 23

Sarod

Answer 23

A lit in North Indian music with four strings

Question 24

Tabla

Answer 24

A pair of small hand drums used in Indian music.

Question 25

Shehnai

Answer 25

Indian oboe.

Question 26

Santoor

Answer 26

An Indian instrument played by striking with two small, wooden, spoon shaped hammers.

Question 27

Sarangi

Answer 27

A bowed Indian instrument with three or four main strings and up to thirty five other strings.

Question 28

Bansuri

Answer 28

Bamboo flute.

Question 29

Gong chime

Answer 29

High pitched rectangular or circular gone from Indonesian music.

Question 30

Glockenspiel

Answer 30

A small percussion instrument with tuned metal pieces that are mounted on a frame which are struck with small hammers

Question 31

Gong

Answer 31

A metal disc that is struck.

Question 32

Gambang

Answer 32

An Indonesian xylophone

Question 33

Gender

Answer 33

An Indonesian vibraphone

Question 34

Pipa

Answer 34

A Chinese lute

Question 35

Guzheng

Answer 35

A Chinese plucked instrument with more than 18 strings and movable frets. Fake fingernails may be required to pluck.

Question 36

Erhu

Answer 36

A two stringed Chinese violin played with a bow.

Question 37

Bansuri

Answer 37

Indian Flute

Question 38

Bansuri

Answer 38

Indian Flute

Question 39

Bansuri

Answer 39

Indian Flute