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History and Understanding of String Instruments

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The play a chord on a ukulele you would: strum? pluck? hit? or pick? the strings?

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What is the the hole in the center of the acoustic guitar or ukuele called?

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What part of a guitar or ukulele do you move to tighten or loosen your strings when you tune your instrument?

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The proper name of a piano is:
Clavichord
Harpsichord
Piano
Pianofort
When you press a piano key what happens to the strings
There are no strings in a piano
the hammer strikes the string
the key hits the string
the piano plays a song
Piano forte means:
loud soft
soft loud
keyboard
piano keyboard
The notes a piano can make are
A B C D E F G H
A B C D E F
A B C D E F G
CHORDS
How many keys does a piano have?
66
92
7
88
An ocatve is?
a series of 8 notes in order
similar to a chord
a part of a piano
the sound the piano makes
Seeing a flat symbol next to a note means you should
play the white note of the piano
play the note which is one half-step lower
play the note which is one whole-step lower
ignore it
Seeing a sharp symbol next to a note means you should
play the next note a half-step higher
play the closest black note
go two keys to the right
play the note as a chord
A chord is
one pitch played at a time
three or more notes played at the same time
lots of notes played during the song
the string of a piano
When playing a piano you should
keep your back string, and hunch your shoulders
keeps your arms relaxed and sit comfortably
relax your shoulders, and keep your back straight
relax you shoulders, but note your elbows

The pedals of a piano are located
inside the piano
underneath the piano
on the keys of the piano
pedals aren't part of a piano
Pianos, Ukuleles, and Guitars are all part of what musical instrument family?
Percussion Family
Texture Family
String Family
Wooden Family
¨From which country did the modern guitar probably originate from?
Greece
Australia
Spain
Italy
Where did the modern piano originate from?
Spain
Italy
Vienna
America
Ukuleles origninated from
France
America
Hawaii
Boston
Do Piano, Ukulele and Guitar instruments have definite or indefinite pitch?
definite
indefinite
pitch
What are the missing words from this paragraph?
Music Tab is a way for guitar and ukulele players to read music using, _________, instead of reading notes. Ukulele TAB has ___ lines, because a Ukulele has four strings, while Guitar TAB has ____ lines, because guitars have six, __________.
numbers, tab, 6, frets
numbers, frets, 4, strings
frets, 5, 6, strings
numbers, 4, 6, strings