Instruments of the World
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- Which plucked string instrument is famous in flamenco music?
- Which traditional South American instrument is mainly composed of hollow tubes of different lengths?
- Which African percussion instrument is played with the hands and is known for its variety of sounds?
- What is the bowed string instrument originating from North India?
- Which Japanese instrument is a traditional vertical bamboo flute?
- Which musical instrument from Australia is traditionally played by Aboriginal people?
- What is a violin commonly called when it is used to play dance tunes in traditional Irish music?
- From which continent did the plucked-lute ancestors of the modern banjo originate?
- Where does the sitar, this plucked string instrument, originate from?
- Where was the modern ukulele developed after Portuguese immigrants introduced related instruments?
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