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Question: The Hebrew people of Ancient Israel write in their ancient documents about several types of instruments they used in worship and daily life. Which instruments listed below were mentioned in their ancient texts?

Answer: Mesltayim, Shofar, Kinnor

Question: Though the first piece of recorded notation was called the Delphic hymn, it was not a complete song. The first complete song was called _____________________.

Answer: Seikilos epitaph

Question: A scientist who studies music as an aspect of culture is a(n) ___________.

Answer: Ethnomusicologist

Question: Many instruments have been discovered in archaeological digs, but had deteriorated over time. The instruments considered the oldest playable flutes are made of __________.

Answer: bone

Question: _________________ is the classification for an instrument that produces sound by vibrating a string or strings stretched between two points.

Answer: Chordophone

Question: Which instruments listed below are examples of the classification idiophone?

Answer: Mbira, gourd, shekere

Bell, gong, tambourine

Question: Which instrument listed below is NOT a membranophone?

Dumbek

Shekere

Tof

Bodhran

Answer: Shekere

Question: A French horn is an example of a(n) _______________.

Answer: Aerophone

Question: The pentatonic scale, used in ancient Chinese compositions, is made up of ___________ notes.

Answer: five

Question: Match the instrument with its classification group:

1. cowbell chordophone

2. B. piano aerophone

3. C. snare drum idiophone

4. D. trumpet membranophone

5. Answer: Cowbell - Idiophone

6. Piano - Chordophone

7. Snare drum - membranophone

8. Trumpet - Aerophone