Instruments
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100
Name one chordophone from ancient times.
Kithara, Khar, or Lyre of Ur
100
How early humans most likely communicated with each other
What is music (singing)
100
This is the oldest known instrument
What is the bone flute
100
A type of writing with pictographs which represent different words & symbols
What are hieroglyphics
100
Lady Gaga got her name from a song by this band:
Queen (Radio Gaga)
200
Membranophones are different than idiophones in what way?
There is a membrane (skin) on the instrument that resonates the sound.
200
This is meant to resemble a bull and represent the Sun God Utu/Shamash. It is considered the 2nd oldest surviving stringed instrument to date.
What is the Bull's Lyre or Lyre of Ur
200
This Greek God was considered the God of Music.
Who is Apollo
200
This aerophone or double-flute was made of wood, bones, or ivory and was played mainly for social events.
What is the Aulos/Tibia
200
A style & genre of largely string-accompanied American popular music having roots in folk music or the southeast and cowboy music of the West.
What is Country Music
300
The Aerophone category includes both of these standard categories of instruments: ___________ and _______
Woodwind and Brass
300
This piece of music was written for the wife of the composer and is considered the oldest complete piece of music, written sometime between 200BC and 100AD.
The Epitaph of Seikilos
300
This Greek instrument was made of tortoise shell, with strings made of guts and sinew and was said to be played by Apollo.
What is the Kithara.
300
This instrument was considered the professional version of the Lyre, and was found in both Greece and Egypt.
Kithara
300
This artist is known as the "King of Pop"
Michael Jackson
400
Bells, Gongs, Cymbals, Kalimbas, Shakers are all examples of ________phones.
Idiophones
400
This Irish instrument's name describes it's hollow, dull sound.
What is Bodhran
400
One of the functions of the bone flute was to mimic _ ______ __________
A bird's cry
400
During what years are the oldest flutes considered to be from in Central/Northern Europe?
35000-40000 BC
400
This solo singer, first performed when he was 10 at fair and received his first guitar at 11. His favorite music styles consisted of gospel, country, blues and R & B. He combined two styles of music in his early career that came to be knows as rockabilly and lived in a place named Graceland.
Who is Elvis Presley
500
Which society considered some of their instruments to be deities, giving them proper names?
Ancient Egyptians
500
These Irish instruments were found in a grouping and scholars do not know exactly how to play them, they were created from very hard wood called yew wood.
Wicklow Pipes
500
This Greek god not only is said to have invented the Aulos/Tibia, but also, legend has it that he challenged Apollo, and lost and was skinned alive.
Marsyas
500
This instrument was believed to accompany funerals and burial ceremonies and was made out of wood, silver, and lapis.
Lyre of Ur
500
The 1992 comedy hit Wayne’s World was a revival for which 1975 song?
Bohemian Rhapsody
600
This ancient instrument was created using goatskin, and a wood resonator with decorations such as cloth, beads and mirrors. It was thought by some to symbolize the devil.
Khar
600
This ancient civilization created their own system of music notation, and performed stories through vocal music regularly like modern opera.
Greek
600
The Hymn of _______ was circa 1400BC, and one of the oldest pieces of music although it is not considered complete.
Ugarit
600
This composer was a very powerful, high priestess, who is also considered the world's first author.
Enheduanna
600
This large aerophone is used for cultural music by the indigenous people of Australia.
Didgeridoo