Musical Instrument Quiz

Cannons, anvils, washboards, bones, hands, and spoons are all objects that sometimes serve in this instrument family:

The Didgeridoo is a low, growly instrument played by Aboriginal inhabitants of this continent:

A person who repairs and builds stringed instruments like guitars and violins is called:

The flared end of a wind instrument that helps to project the sound is called the:

Bars or ridges on the fingerboard of a guitar used for fixing the position of your fingers are:

The higher-pitched and half-sized cousin of the flute is the:

Volkswagen once had a promo where every car came with one of these that could plug in and use the car as an amplifier:

Which of these instruments requires a reed to play?

This bizarre instrument uses the musician's hand position and movement to produce electronic sounds:

The earliest violins, violas, and cellos date back to:

This unusual instrument was invented by Benjamin Franklin and uses a series of glass bowls played with wet fingers:

How many keys does a standard grand piano have?

Which of these wind instruments is referred to as a "double-reed"?

Harps come in many sizes, but "concert grand" harps (the largest) have how many strings?

This instrument was invented in Germany in the 1820s and its name comes from the German word for "chord":

Which of these is not an African type of drum?

Instruments that play in a different key from the rest of the orchestra are known as:

The zither-like instrument pictured below is the national instrument of Japan:

Ballet dancers also put this substance on their shoes, commonly used on bows of stringed instrument players:

The Japanese corporation Yamaha makes motorcycles, audio equipment, and other items, but their first products were: