How many strings does a standard violin have?
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A violin has four strings, tuned in fifths.
How many keys are on a standard modern piano?
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A standard modern piano has 88 keys: 52 white and 36 black.
Which instrument family does the trumpet belong to?
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The trumpet is a brass instrument: the player’s lips buzz against a cup-shaped mouthpiece.
Which is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in a standard orchestra?
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The double bass is the largest and lowest of the orchestral string family.
The flute is usually made of metal, but which instrument family is it classed in?
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Families are defined by how sound is produced, not material; the flute is a woodwind because air is blown across an opening.
Which bowed instrument is played seated, held between the player’s knees?
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The cello rests on an endpin on the floor and is held between the seated player’s knees.
Which instrument, with a bag and drones, is strongly associated with Scotland?
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The Great Highland bagpipe uses a bag to supply air to a chanter and drones.
Which plucked instrument has 47 strings and seven pedals in its concert form?
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The modern concert pedal harp has 47 strings and seven pedals, one for each note of the scale.
Which orchestral drums can be tuned to specific pitches, often using a pedal?
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Timpani, or kettle drums, are tuned by changing the tension of the head, usually with a foot pedal.
The ukulele was developed in which place in the 19th century?
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The ukulele was developed in Hawaii in the 1880s from small guitar-like instruments brought by Portuguese immigrants.
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