String Instruments Quiz: Bows, Frets and Picks
Six questions on how string instruments make sound, from handheld picks to concert bows.
- Questions
6 - Length
About 3 min
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- What traditional material touches the strings on a violin bow?
- What is this plate beside the mandolin strings for?
- On a guitar, what happens to the pitch when a fret shortens the part of a string that vibrates?
- Why does an acoustic guitar have a hollow body?
- In a score for violin or cello, what does “pizzicato” tell the player to do?
- Which of these orchestral string instruments normally plays the lowest notes?