Musical Instruments Trivia Questions
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What percussion instrument, frequently utilized to create a gypsy effect in music, features small jingling disks?
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tambourine
Which woodwind instrument is Kenny G famously associated with?
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saxophone
What is the name of the side-blown flute, often paired with drums, that has been played since the Crusades?
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fife
What lyre-shaped instrument, commonly seen in marching bands and played with hammers, has a 12-letter name?
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glockenspiel
What is the smallest type of flute, typically about 12 inches long?
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piccolo
What is the musical instrument whose name is Italian for 'little' and reaches the highest pitches in the band?
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piccolo
In 1820, violinist Ludwig Spohr probably invented the rest for which part of the body?
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chin
What are the raised bars on the neck of a guitar called?
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fret
From which material, derived from the intestines of sheep or hogs, are certain musical instrument strings made?
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catgut
In music terminology, what is the term for a small component of a violin that is referred to as a ponticello?
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bridge
What type of woodwind instrument is the recorder, which is popular with amateur musicians?
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flute
Which composer invented a half tuba/half horn instrument for use in his 'Ring' cycle?
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richard wagner
Which instrument is famously played by Toots Thielmans, Larry Addler, and Stevie Wonder?
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harmonica
Which instrument uses a sustaining pedal to hold the dampers off the strings and prolong the sound?
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piano
What earlier keyboard instrument was referred to as a spinet before the term was used to describe a small piano?
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harpsichord
What musical instrument is the piccolo a smaller version of, and is pitched an octave higher?
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flute
In 'The Devil's Dictionary', what musical instrument did Bierce refer to as 'a parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor'?
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piano
What woodwind instrument, known in Greek as klarino, is featured in Greek cafe music alongside the bouzouki?
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clarinet
What type of instrument is the recorder, as played by Herbie Mann?
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flute
What instrument is famously played by Buddy Berrigan, Miles Davis, and Harry James?
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trumpet
What type of instrument, famously owned by Paganini, was crafted by the Guarneri family?
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violin
What instrument, named by its inventor B. Cristofori in 1709, translates to 'harpsichord with soft and loud'?
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piano
What type of violin, stolen in 1936 and supposedly sold for $100, was valued at $1 million in 1987?
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stradivarius
Which instrument, also known as the blues harp, did Sonny Terry play in a whooping style?
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harmonica
What instrument, other than the concertina, is nicknamed 'squeeze-box'?
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accordion
What instrument, named after the 'March King', is essentially a helicon with a detachable bell?
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sousaphone
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