Japanese Traditional Instruments

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Which Japanese instrument is a large hanging drum played with two mallets?

Gaku-daiko (correct)

Shamisen

Biwa

Koto

What is the main characteristic of the Koto instrument?

It is a large hanging drum

It is a broad range percussion instrument

It is a plucked stringed instrument (correct)

It is a shortnecked fretted lute

Which Japanese instrument has a construction similar to that of a guitar?

Nokan

Shamisen (correct)

Shakuhachi

Biwa

Which Japanese flute has four or five holes on the front face and a thumb hole on the rear face?

Shakuhachi Signup and view all the answers

What is the main characteristic of the Shamisen instrument?

It is a Japanese shortnecked fretted lute used in narrative story telling Signup and view all the answers

What is the main characteristic of the Biwa instrument?

It is a Japanese shortnecked fretted lute used in narrative story telling Signup and view all the answers

Which Japanese instrument is a broad range percussion instrument?

Koto Signup and view all the answers

What is the main characteristic of the Nokan instrument?

It is a parallel bamboo flute used in noh Signup and view all the answers

What is the main characteristic of the Shakuhachi instrument?

It has four or five holes on the front face and a thumb hole on the rear face Signup and view all the answers

Which Japanese instrument is a plucked stringed instrument with a construction similar to that of a guitar?

Shamisen Signup and view all the answers

What is the main characteristic of the Nokan instrument?

It is a parallel bamboo flute, the only melodic instrument used in noh Signup and view all the answers

Which Japanese instrument is a 13-string zither, about two meters long, and is plucked using picks?

Biwa Signup and view all the answers

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Which Japanese instrument is a large hanging drum played with two mallets?

What is the main characteristic of the Koto instrument?

Which Japanese instrument has a construction similar to that of a guitar?

Which Japanese flute has four or five holes on the front face and a thumb hole on the rear face?

What is the main characteristic of the Shamisen instrument?

What is the main characteristic of the Biwa instrument?

Which Japanese instrument is a broad range percussion instrument?

What is the main characteristic of the Nokan instrument?

What is the main characteristic of the Shakuhachi instrument?

Which Japanese instrument is a plucked stringed instrument with a construction similar to that of a guitar?

What is the main characteristic of the Nokan instrument?

Which Japanese instrument is a 13-string zither, about two meters long, and is plucked using picks?

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