World Instruments Quiz

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• The jaw harp uses a finger-plucked lamella as its vibrating element, with the player's mouth acting as a resonance cavity.
• The pan flute is a wind instrument made of a set of assembled pipes, each producing a different note.
• The modern cajón has one extra element compared to the traditional version, the timbre, which gives it a sound closer to a snare drum.
• The charango, a small 10-string lute born in the Andes in the 18th century, was traditionally built using an armadillo shell (quirquincho).

This quiz currently has 68 questions, ranging from easy to hard, available in French and English.