World Instruments

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Across
  1. 3. To play the berimbau, you hit the string with a __________________
  2. 4. The ______________ is from Guatemala/Mexico.
  3. 6. Instrument from Trinidad made from big steel barrels.
  4. 8. On a bagpipe, the musician blows into a small tube called a ________________.
  5. 10. The zither is a string instrument and the resonator is called a sound-______.
  6. 11. You can strum or pluck this instrument as well as using bow to play it.
  7. 12. The ________________ is from Brazil and only contains 1 string that is stretched across a bowed piece of wood.
  8. 13. The _______________ is from Indonesia and is made out of 2-3 bamboo sound bodies and are pulled and pushed to make the sound.
  9. 16. The ______________ is from Australia.
  10. 18. The didgeridoo has been around for over a ____________ years and is made out of wood.
  11. 21. The guiro is made from a hollow gourd that is played by rubbing a stick along the ______________ in the gourd.
  12. 22. The banjo is played in many early styles of American music such as Folk, Country, __________________ and Ragtime.
  13. 24. The khene sounds like a ________________.
  14. 26. The _____________ is from China and has been around since eleven hundred B.C.
  15. 27. The ______________ is an instrument from Japan that has 13 strings strung over 13 movable bridges.
  16. 28. Resonators come in all different shapes and sizes and are made from a variety of ______________.
  17. 31. The _______________ is from Cuba and other islands like Puerto Rico.
  18. 32. The ___________________ is an instrument from India and has 7 strings across a long neck and contain 2 large gourds that resonate the sound.
Down
  1. 1. The ______________ is from Slovakia and sounds a lot like a flute.
  2. 2. The _______________ is from Ireland.
  3. 3. Talking drums have two drumheads connected by leather cords on each end. You can change the pitch or notes by ______________ the cords with your legs or arms.
  4. 5. The __________________ is the part of the instrument where the sound is created and given depth and volume.
  5. 7. What are the hollow tubes on bagpipes made of?
  6. 8. When playing the koto, musicians adjust the notes by moving the _______________ before and during their playing.
  7. 9. The resonator of the berimbau is made from a _____________ .
  8. 10. The _________________ is from Greece and can contain 4-8 strings.
  9. 14. ______________ and Jolies are oral historians in West Africa.
  10. 15. The bars of a marimba are positioned like the keys on a ________________.
  11. 17. Many countries from around the world have official national ____________________.
  12. 18. The ____________________ Drums are from West Africa.
  13. 19. What are the hollow tubes on bagpipes called?
  14. 20. The _______________ is from Thailand and is a wind instrument made of bamboo.
  15. 23. The guiro plays a key role in the typical rhythm section in all kinds of music especially Jazz and _______________ music.
  16. 25. Although not official, the ____________ is considered the national instrument of the US.
  17. 29. When playing the koto, musicians use ____________ finger picks to pluck the strings.
  18. 30. West Africans use an instrument called a _______ as well as their voice to tell stories to the people in their community.