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