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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:
cowbell chordophone
B. piano aerophone
C. snare drum idiophone
D. trumpet membranophone
Answer: Cowbell - Idiophone
Piano - Chordophone
Snare drum - membranophone
Trumpet - Aerophone