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Which of the following musical instruments is a wind instruments?

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  1. Flute

  2. Drums

  3. Piano

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Flute is played by blowing air into the instrument. So, it is a blow / wind instrument. Drums are played by hitting on its stretched membrane. So, it is a beat instrument.

Piano is played by hitting stretched strings inside with hammers. So, piano is a string instrument.

Why does a guitarist need to tighten the strings of the guitar to get the correct music and sound ?

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  1. Tight strings force the entire guitar to vibrate.

  2. It is easy to play a guitar with tight strings.

  3. Tight strings look good and enhance the look of the guitar.

  4. It is not important to tighten the string.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

When a guitarist plucks the strings of a guitar, the strings vibrate and force the entire guitar to vibrate as well. The sound that we hear is produced due to the vibration of the entire instrument. If the strings are not tight enough the entire instrument may not vibrate and the correct sound may not be obtained.

One of vibrations of strings makes

physics world of sounds sound is produced by a vibrating body propagation of sound production and propagation of sound

  1. pitch of the instrument

  2. pitch of the note

  3. scale of the note

  4. pitch of the scale

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

vibrations in the string makes or produces notes .

 notes are measured in terms of  pitch of the note.
so the answer is B.

If we tighten the stretched strings of guitar, then pitch will be 

physics world of sounds sound is produced by a vibrating body propagation of sound production and propagation of sound

  1. lower

  2. higher

  3. same

  4. dependent upon size of instrument

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Pitch of sound depends on frequency. The frequency of sound emitted by a stretched string depends upon the tension on the string.  Greater tension means greater frequency, which means greater pitch. When we tighten the string of an instrument we are increasing the tension on the string. This increases the frequency. Hence pitch increases

Tuning fork causes them to vibrate and produce sound. This is due to 

physics world of sounds sound is produced by a vibrating body propagation of sound production and propagation of sound

  1. the two metal prongs of that tuning fork

  2. the length of the prongs of that tuning fork

  3. the speed of the molecules hit the tuning fork

  4. both A and B

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

tuning  fork has two metal prongs which are vibrated and sound is produced so the answer is A.

Which of the following vibrating parts of instrument is not matched with the respective instrument?

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  1. Drum- Stretched Membrane

  2. Tabla - Stretched Membrane

  3. Mridangam - Stretched Membrane

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

all the instruments given here correctly matches with their vibrating parts.

so the answer is D.

Which of the following is the vibrating part of Saxophone?

physics world of sounds sound is produced by a vibrating body propagation of sound production and propagation of sound

  1. Stretched -Membrane

  2. Stretch-String

  3. Air column

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Wind instruments are those which are played by blowing air into them through the human mouth.  They include saxophone,  trumpet, flute etc. In any wind instrument,  it is the air column which vibrates with a specific tone and produces music.

In violin there is part which  is used to adjust the string for getting right pitch. What is the name of that part?

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  1. Tunning peg

  2. Volute

  3. Finger board

  4. Neck

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

tunning peg is used to adjust the string for getting right pitch in violin

so the answer is A.

Which of the following is/are  percussion instruments?

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  1. Bell

  2. cymbals

  3. drum

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Percussion instruments are those which are played by hitting on the membrane of that instrument. They include instruments such as tabla, bell drum, cymbals etc.

Which of the following is the vibrating part of Banjo?

physics world of sounds sound is produced by a vibrating body propagation of sound production and propagation of sound

  1. Stretched- Membrane

  2. Stretched- String

  3. Air column

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

String instruments are those which are played by manually vibrating the strings made of metal. When these strings are made to vibrate they emit a sound of a specific tone and produce music. Examples of such instruments are Banjo, guitar,  violin and so on.