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noun • a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretless fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum | ||||
| 26% | 6 | Loud instruments or quiet instruments? | ||
noun • a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown • a tall narrow wineglass • a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column) verb • form flutes in | ||||
| 26% | 5 | Musical instruments that become other musical instruments when an F is added to the front | ||
noun • a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid • chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard | ||||
Japanese Instruments
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