What is the name of the oldest string instrument?
Harp
What is the meaning of the harp?
To pluck
From what materials were strings made?
Sheep/animal guts
What monarch ruled that harps were to be burned and all harpers hanged?
Queen Elizabeth
What string instrument was the first to have a hollow sounding wood?
Psaltery
What two ways were psalterys played?
Plucked or bowed
What instrument’s name means “sweet sound?”
Dulcimer
What two ways were the dulcimer played?
Hammered or plucked
What instrument’s ancestor came from the Arab instrument called “al ud” (wood)?
The lute
What instrument was originally made witha a hollowed gourd and played on the lap?
Rebec
What instrument is a direct predecessor of the violin?
Viol
What does Viol da Gamba mean?
Leg Viol
What is the “wheel fiddle?”
The hurdy-gurdy
What instrument is considered the oldest wood wind instrument?
The flute
What is the oldest flute example?
Neanderthal
What is the oldest flute made of?
The cave bear’s femur
Where were the oldest playable flutes found?
China
From what material are the oldest playable flutes made?
Crane Bones
What instrument is a direct predecessor of the bassoon?
Curtal
What instrument is a simplified bagpipe?
Bladder pipe
What medieval woodwind means “to practice?”
Recorder
What instrument is the direct predecessor of the oboe?
Shaum
What brass instrument is described as a cowhorn with finger holes?
Cornett
What instrument is a direct ancestor of the trombone?
Sackbut
What brass instrument is still used for religious purposes today?
Shofar
What keyboard instrument was popular?
Organetto
What’s another name for a keyboard
Manual
What percussion instrument is an early ancestor of the tympani?
Naker
What instrument was played with flute?
Pipe & tabor
What instrument was double headed?
Damroo
What is the other name for the damroo?
The monkey talking drum
Classification of instruments that produce sounds electronically
Electrophone
Classification for instruments that produce sounds through vibrating strings
Chordaphone
Classification for instruments that produce sounds by vibrating
Idiophones
Classification for instruments that produce sound with vibrating air
Aerophones