Music quiz

More questions about Music

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1. 1 Easy

   Why did traveling early blues musicians prefer guitars over pianos?

   Answer: Portability and affordability

   Why: By 1908 Sears mailed out a steel string guitar for $1.89, cheap enough for a Delta sharecropper to save up for.

2. 2 Medium

   Why do orchestral oboes play the tuning note before a concert?

   Answer: Stable pitch properties

   Why: Orchestras have tuned to the oboe's A for about 300 years, because its pitch is secure and its penetrating sound carries.

3. 3 Hard

   Why does strumming a guitar near the neck produce a warmer tone?

   Answer: Emphasizes the fundamental frequency

   Why: Over the fingerboard is sul tasto, mellow and fundamental heavy; near the bridge is sul ponticello, thin and glassy with upper harmonics.

4. 4 Easy

   What small four-stringed instrument was developed in Hawaii?

   Answer: Ukulele

   Why: Portuguese immigrants brought a small guitar-like instrument called the machete to Hawaii, which locals adapted into the ukulele.

5. 5 Medium

   How long is the world's longest organ performance in Germany?

   Answer: 639 years

   Why: The 639 years span from Halberstadt Cathedral's first documented organ around 1361 to the originally planned 2000 start.

6. 6 Hard

   How many strings does a standard Russian balalaika have?

   Answer: Three

   Why: A Moscow Kremlin guard log first named the instrument in 1688, when two drunk commoners were ordered to stop playing one.