Musical Instruments Trivia Questions
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What musical instrument is known as un hautbois in French?
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oboe
Which 8-letter Greek stringed instrument resembles a mandolin?
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bouzouki
What is the name of the small flute with 6 finger holes mainly used in drum corps and military bands?
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fife
What accordion-like musical instrument did Charles Wheatstone invent, in addition to the stereoscope?
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concertina
What is the name of the wide end of a trumpet?
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bell
What device can you attach to the neck of a guitar to raise its pitch?
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capo
From which animal's tail are the hairs traditionally taken to make a violin bow?
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horse
In the context of brass instruments, what part is referred to as the pavillon?
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bell
What are these wood percussion instruments, fastened to the thumb and clicked together?
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castanets
What is the name of the triangular Russian instrument that is typically played with fingers or a leather plectrum?
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balalaika
What instrument, when played in its Hawaiian or steel type, is known for producing a sweet, gliding tone?
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guitar
What double reed woodwind, available in French and German types, is similar to the oboe?
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bassoon
What are the small Afro-Cuban drums that are yoked in pairs and usually tuned greater than thirds apart?
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bongos
Which double-reed instrument is used for tuning the rest of the orchestra by sounding an A?
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oboe
What musical instrument of the 'fipple' type is blown like a whistle?
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flute
What is the largest member of the violin family after the double bass?
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cello
What 3-valve tuba, also known as a helicon, wraps around the player's body and has a flaring bell?
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sousaphone
Which musical instrument is played by Annie Whitehead, Kid Ory, and Tommy Dorsey?
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trombone
What musical instrument uses a metal bar drawn along its strings in the pedal steel variety?
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guitar
Which musical instrument is played tilted back on the right shoulder, with the shortest of its 47 strings closest to the body?
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harp
Which woodwind instrument has been described as 'a clarinet with a cold in its chest'?
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bassoon
Which instrument has 7 foot pedals at its base that control the pitch of its strings?
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harp
What simple zither-like instrument, despite its misleading name, was not intended for use in a vehicle?
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autoharp
Which instrument's name, derived from Greek words meaning 'wood sound', refers to its tuned wooden bars?
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xylophone
What small type of instrument, used during the 16th & 17th centuries, was known as a virginal?
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harpsichord
What 10-letter instrument is associated with Lionel Hampton?
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vibraphone
In Latin, the name tuba is derived from the word for which smaller brass instrument?
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trumpet
Which musical instrument is famously played by both 'Weird Al' Yankovic and Lawrence Welk?
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accordion
What is the main bass instrument in the woodwind section of an orchestra?
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bassoon
What is the name of the highest-pitched woodwind instrument in an orchestra that is about half the size of a flute?
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piccolo
What is a 7-letter musical instrument that resembles a sweet potato and is played by blowing into it?
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ocarina
What upright keyboard instrument is modeled after a giraffe's neck in its unique design?
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piano
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