B. Exercise 1 Directions: What Am I?
A musical instruments descriptive test.
CLUES
I am a ritual musical instrument
What Am I?
I am made from the horn of a ram
I am a wind instrument
What Am I?
I am a hand drum
I produce a resonant, low sustained sound.
I am used mostly in the Middle East,
North Africa, and Eastern Europe.
What Am I?
I am a stringed musical instrument
I was the parent of the European lute.
I have a deep, pear-shaped body
What Am I?
I am a big hand frame
I am played vertically by inserting
the thumb of the left hand in a
special holes in the frame
What Am I?
I am an ancient instrument
I am plucked with fingers or by plectra
I am played on the lap or in front of the chest​

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