| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | "G" WHIZ $1600: The bell-lyra & the orchestra bells are 2 of the main types of this percussion instrument a glockenspiel |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | SHAPE UP $800: One corner of the steel frame is left open in this percussion instrument that hangs by a loop & is struck with a rod a triangle |
| #4, aired 2022-02-09 | ORCHESTRA OF THE WHIRLED $1000: This section can really bang:
SUPERSONIC percussion |
| #8535, aired 2021-12-17 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT $200: From Asia, it's a metal plate that is often more than 6 feet across gong |
| #8535, aired 2021-12-17 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT $400: In an orchestra, it's held at eye level; used by rock lead singers to keep busy, it's often banged on a hip a tambourine |
| #8535, aired 2021-12-17 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT $600: Larger than bongos, these hand-played drums heard here often come in pairs mounted together conga drums |
| #8535, aired 2021-12-17 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT $800: Originating in the Caribbean, these instruments were first made from containers used to ship petroleum steel drums |
| #8535, aired 2021-12-17 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT $1000: German for "bell play" gives us the name of this, a set of tuned bars struck with mallets a glockenspiel |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $200: It's the longtime member of the percussion section heard here a triangle |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY $400: The name of this percussion instrument comes from the Greek for wood & voice xylophone |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | RHYME TIME $2000: A back-&-forth talk about certain types of instruments including drums & gongs a percussion discussion |
| #8188, aired 2020-03-25 | INSTRUMENT MAKERS $1200: The Ottoman sultan granted a family the name "Zildjian", which literally means this metal percussion instrument "maker" a cymbal |
| #8171, aired 2020-03-02 | MUSIC $1600: Gamelan orchestras in Indonesia make good use of this "G" percussion item a gong |
| #8135, aired 2020-01-10 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $2000: Also known as a scraper, this percussion instrument originated in Latin America a guiro |
| #7989, aired 2019-05-09 | COUNTRIES' MUSIC $2000: It's the principal percussion instrument of northern India the tabla |
| #7987, aired 2019-05-07 | IN THE ORCHESTRA $800: This section in the back of the orchestra is sometimes referred to as the battery percussion |
| #7873, aired 2018-11-28 | THE SOUND OF MUSIC $400: Legendary drummer Hal Blaine used tire chains for percussion on this duo's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" Simon and Garfunkel |
| #7787, aired 2018-06-19 | THE SHAPE OF THINGS $200: Struck with a small steel rod, one of the simplest percussion instruments is this one named for its geometric shape the triangle |
| #7680, aired 2018-01-19 | A PERCUSSION DISCUSSION $200: Hey, mister, it's the small drum heard here, man a tambourine |
| #7680, aired 2018-01-19 | A PERCUSSION DISCUSSION $400: Modern Drummer's "Evolution of" this double-named drum went from "Chinese noisemaker to essential instrument" tom-toms |
| #7680, aired 2018-01-19 | A PERCUSSION DISCUSSION $600: In the U.S. Army's Fife & Drum Corps, they're the drums held upright & played with drumsticks snare drums |
| #7680, aired 2018-01-19 | A PERCUSSION DISCUSSION $800: The Yamaha Phoenix, this type of drum, provides a lot of kick, & it better, 'cause it costs more than 3 grand a bass drum |
| #7680, aired 2018-01-19 | A PERCUSSION DISCUSSION $1000: All right, all right, all right, it's the finger-played instrument heard here a bongo |
| #7421, aired 2016-12-12 | PLAN AN ANAGRAM $400: Orchestra section with drums:
SUPERSONIC percussion |
| #7367, aired 2016-09-27 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: In "Peter And The Wolf", the hunters arrive as this section of the orchestra begins to play percussion |
| #7187, aired 2015-12-08 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: For the percussion heard here, Rossini originally had the string players bang these on candlesticks the violinists' bows |
| #6845, aired 2014-05-23 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: This fuse or percussion cap is used to set off an explosive charge detonator |
| #6825, aired 2014-04-25 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1600: A portable version of this German-named percussion instrument used in a marching band is called a bell lyre the Glockenspiel |
| #6771, aired 2014-02-10 | "ACA"DEMIA $800: Percussion gourds filled with beads or beans maracas |
| #6745, aired 2014-01-03 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $600: The amadinda, a type of this percussion instrument from Uganda, uses logs instead of wooden bars a xylophone |
| #6743, aired 2014-01-01 | DYLAN SONGS IN OTHER WORDS $1000: "Honorific Hand Percussion Guy" "Mr. Tambourine Man" |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | THE ORCHESTRA $800: "X" marks the spot for this percussion instrument operated by wooden mallets a xylophone |
| #6589, aired 2013-04-18 | 12-LETTER WORDS $1600: The name of this percussion instrument is also German for "carillon" glockenspiel |
| #6569, aired 2013-03-21 | TIME TO JAZZ-ERCISE $800: The modestly named Great Jazz Trio was Ron Carter on bass, Tony Williams on percussion & Hank Jones playing this piano |
| #6477, aired 2012-11-13 | SMALLER THAN A BREADBOX $400: Spanish percussion instruments seen & heard here, used to accompany dance castanets |
| #6304, aired 2012-02-02 | BELL CURVES $200: Categorized as idiophones, bells are found in this section of the orchestra the percussion section |
| #6187, aired 2011-07-05 | HOMOPHONES $1,000 (Daily Double): Percussion instruments that clang, or things that represent other things cymbals/symbols |
| #6147, aired 2011-05-10 | APP-Y DAYS $400: I got a fever & the only prescription is "more" this percussion instrument, also an app from Maverick Software cowbell |
| #6121, aired 2011-04-04 | HANDHELD $600: They're the handheld percussion instruments heard here castanets |
| #6048, aired 2010-12-22 | OH BOY! PRESENTS! $200: Aspiring rockers will love banging away on the sound percussion pro 5-piece set of these, cymbals included a drum set |
| #5956, aired 2010-07-05 | THE ORCHESTRA $1000: Odd instruments like the triangle & the tambourine fit into this orchestra section percussion |
| #5885, aired 2010-03-26 | MUSICAL WORDS $1000: A laser printer writes on a photoconductive revolving this; it shares its name with a percussion instrument a drum |
| #5669, aired 2009-04-09 | GONE "-ICIAN" $1200: A master of the triangle trade (percussion-wise) a musician |
| #5628, aired 2009-02-11 | ODDPODGE $2000: A lithophone is a percussion instrument made of this; there's one in Vietnam that's 6,000 years old stone |
| #5549, aired 2008-10-23 | VERBS $400: This percussion instrument is also a verb that means to teach by repetition drum |
| #5538, aired 2008-10-08 | "M"-BRACE ME $1000: It's the African-derived percussion instrument heard here a marimba |
| #5496, aired 2008-06-30 | FACE THE MUSIC $1600: It's the large percussion instrument heard here in some music that might sound familiar timpani |
| #5382, aired 2008-01-22 | REARRANGING WORDS $1000: Rearrange the letters in "supersonic" to get this orchestra section percussion |
| #5376, aired 2008-01-14 | SPECIAL "K"s $600: You're really cooking with this percussion instrument; it has a cooking-pot name a kettledrum |
| #5366, aired 2007-12-31 | THE BLUES $1600: To join this troupe seen here, you have to have percussion & acting skills--& be able to let your ego go! the Blue Man Group |
| #5365, aired 2007-12-28 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800: If you're a master with a glock, you could be an assassin or a player of this percussion instrument the glockenspiel |
| #5284, aired 2007-07-26 | MUSIC CLASS $400: The name of this section of an orchestra in which instruments are struck comes from the Latin for "a beating" percussion |
| #5224, aired 2007-05-03 | POTPOURRI $1000: Disgraced soldiers once left the military with percussion playing--hence this modern idiom to be drummed out |
| #5152, aired 2007-01-23 | BEGINS & ENDS IN "G" $600: The untuned type of this percussion instrument has no fixed pitch a gong |
| #5046, aired 2006-07-17 | 12-LETTER WORDS $1000: From the German for "bell play", it's the metallic percussion instrument heard here the glockenspiel |
| #4966, aired 2006-03-27 | "TA" TA $2000: Indian instruments include the sitar & this percussion instrument heard here the tabla |
| #4849, aired 2005-10-13 | MUSIC CLASS $1200: In a symphony orchestra, this section of instruments usually includes the drums, bells, cymbals & gongs percussion |
| #4662, aired 2004-12-07 | KNOW THE SCORE $400: On an orchestral score, the woodwinds are on top, then brass, then percussion & these on the bottom the strings |
| #4618, aired 2004-10-06 | FAMILY MEMBERS $600: If you're looking at a marimba, you probably can figure out it's in this family of musical instruments percussion |
| #4537, aired 2004-05-04 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1600: A wandering minstrel could make good use of this handheld percussion instrument heard here tambourine |
| #4536, aired 2004-05-03 | MUSIC CLASS $600: In a symphony orchestra the 4 main groups of instruments are strings, woodwinds, percussion & this brass |
| #4367, aired 2003-09-09 | 10-LETTER WORDS $600: In an orchestra, it's the section where you'll find the timpani percussion |
| #4228, aired 2003-01-08 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1000: The metal discs around the edge of this hand-held percussion instrument are called jingles the tambourine |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | BANG THE DRUM $800: Scour the barnyards to find one of these percussion instruments that can be part of a drum set cowbell |
| #4191, aired 2002-11-18 | SOUNDS GOOD TO ME $1600: From Spanish for a region of Africa, they're the percussion instruments heard here conga drums |
| #4136, aired 2002-09-02 | EYE ON ASIA $1600: Keep "tabs" on this South Asian percussion instrument heard here the tabla |
| #3820, aired 2001-03-23 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS $100: Porky popped out of this type of drum at the end of many a Looney Tune Bass drum |
| #3820, aired 2001-03-23 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS $200: Type of drum seen here, or a dance done to them Conga |
| #3820, aired 2001-03-23 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS $300: On the web you can find A. Claude Ferguson's masterful manual on playing these eating utensils Spoons |
| #3820, aired 2001-03-23 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS $400: Originally bean-containing dried gourds on handles, they were named by the Tupi of South America Maracas |
| #3820, aired 2001-03-23 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS $500: Percussion instrument whose possible changes for a set of five are seen here Bells |
| #3754, aired 2000-12-21 | LET'S PLAY DOCTOR $300: Tapping your chest to listen to your lungs is called this, also a section of an orchestra percussion |
| #3522, aired 1999-12-21 | THE OLD TESTAMENT $400: Made of metal, tseltselim, the only percussion instruments in the Temple orchestra, are these cymbals |
| #3447, aired 1999-09-07 | THE "X" FILES $400: A percussion instrument played with small mallets Xylophone |
| #3297, aired 1998-12-29 | BELLS $100: Percussion instrument seen here Cowbell |
| #3262, aired 1998-11-10 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $300: This percussion instrument with small jingling disks is often used to provide a gypsy effect in musical pieces the tambourine |
| #3220, aired 1998-09-11 | HANDWEAR $400: These wood percussion instruments are fastened to the thumb & clicked together castanets |
| #3194, aired 1998-06-18 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: A flamenco dancer should also be accomplished on these percussion instruments castanets |
| #3118, aired 1998-03-04 | MUSIC POTPOURRI $400: Invented in recent years, boobams are percussion instruments often made from this woody grass Bamboo |
| #3072, aired 1997-12-30 | FISH $400: Croakers, named for the noise they make, are also called by the name of this percussion instrument drumfish |
| #3025, aired 1997-10-24 | MUSIC CLASS $200: Musical instruments such as marimbas & maracas are classified as this type Percussion |
| #3009, aired 1997-10-02 | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS $800: It's a notation on a percussion score to clash Cymbal symbol |
| #2892, aired 1997-03-11 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $400: The "finger" types of these round percussion instruments are played somewhat like castanets cymbals |
| #2831, aired 1996-12-16 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $500: The amadinda of Africa is a type of this percussion instrument made of logs instead of wooden bars Marimba/Xylophone |
| #2740, aired 1996-06-28 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $100: This percussion instrument is a bar of metal bent into a certain 3-sided shape with an open corner a triangle |
| #2702, aired 1996-05-07 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $300: Used in Indian music, a tabla is this type of percussion instrument a drum |
| #2671, aired 1996-03-25 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $600: This percussion instrument with tuned bars was once known as the strohfiedel, or "straw fiddle" the xylophone |
| #2661, aired 1996-03-11 | POT LUCK $400: This plate-shaped metal percussion instrument about 3' in diameter can be tuned or untuned A gong |
| #2566, aired 1995-10-30 | MUSIC CLASS $400: Section of the orchestra in which you'd find a glockenspiel percussion |
| #2510, aired 1995-06-30 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $200: The French call this percussion instrument a tambour de Basque a tambourine |
| #2371, aired 1994-12-19 | MUSICAL TERMS $400: The name of this percussion instrument is German for "play of bells" a glockenspiel |
| #2365, aired 1994-12-09 | "C" IN MUSIC $200: To play the hi-hat type of this percussion instrument, you clash the metal plates together with a pedal cymbal |
| #2354, aired 1994-11-24 | WORD ORIGINS $300: The word chime comes from the name of this other percussion instrument Cymbal |
| #2136, aired 1993-12-13 | WEDDING CUSTOMS $1000: It's the percussion instrument featured in the Buddhist marriage ceremony a gong |
| #2065, aired 1993-07-23 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: The African amadinda is a type of this percussion instrument made with logs & bars xylophone |
| #2013, aired 1993-05-12 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $200: Usually played in pairs, the metal plates of this percussion instrument are about 14-20" in diameter cymbals |
| #1924, aired 1993-01-07 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS $100: This "geometric" instrument is simply a bent rod of steel, open at one corner a triangle |
| #1924, aired 1993-01-07 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS $200: The name of this instrument consisting of different-size bars is from the Greek for "wood sound" xylophone |
| #1924, aired 1993-01-07 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS $300: In the Middle Ages, this hand-held drum with jingles was used typically by wandering musicians a tambourine |
| #1924, aired 1993-01-07 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS $400: So as not to be confused with a tom-tom, a Chinese tam-tam is generally called this (Chinese) gong |
| #1924, aired 1993-01-07 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS $500: The lowest pitched of these orchestral drums measures about 30" in diameter, the highest about 23" timpani (kettle drums) |
| #1860, aired 1992-10-09 | MUSIC $800: This percussion instrument that resembles a xylophone is the national instrument of Guatemala a marimba |
| #1780, aired 1992-05-01 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS $100: This part of a bell is also the name of another type of percussion instrument the clapper |
| #1780, aired 1992-05-01 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS $200: When not being played, the wires of this drum are loosened so they won't vibrate & make unwanted sounds a snare drum |
| #1780, aired 1992-05-01 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS $400: These small Afro-Cuban drums are yoked in pairs & usually tuned greater than thirds apart bongos |
| #1780, aired 1992-05-01 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS $500 (Daily Double): Percussion instrument featured in the following: a steel drum |
| #1780, aired 1992-05-01 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS $500: The Zildjian family in Turkey have made these instruments for more than 300 years; they're sold in pairs cymbals |
| #1774, aired 1992-04-23 | 12-LETTER WORDS $200: This percussion instrument with a German name is sometimes referred to as orchestra bells a glockenspiel |
| #1738, aired 1992-03-04 | THE ORCHESTRA $200: This percussion instrument named for its shape is usually played with a thin metal beater the triangle |
| #1730, aired 1992-02-21 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800: The timbrel, mentioned in the King James Bible, is one of these hand-held percussion instruments a tambourine |
| #1595, aired 1991-07-05 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: The name for these metal percussion instruments comes from the Greek for "hollow of a cup" a cymbal |
| #1568, aired 1991-05-29 | PHOTOGRAPHY $600: One early form of this was magnesium powder poured in a trough & fired by a percussion cap a flash bulb (flash) |
| #1436, aired 1990-11-26 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS $100: From Spanish for "chestnuts", they put the beat in flamenco castanets |
| #1436, aired 1990-11-26 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS $200: This instrument made popular in minstrel shows can be plucked with a plectrum a banjo |
| #1436, aired 1990-11-26 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): Unusual instrument named in the title of the following:
"Chi del gitano i giorni abbella? Chi del gitano i giorni abbella?" "The Anvil Chorus" |
| #1285, aired 1990-03-16 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $200: A lithophone is an old oriental percussion instrument made of this, but you wouldn't find it in a rock band Stone |
| #1241, aired 1990-01-15 | MUSIC $200: Some say man's 1st musical instrument was the flute; others say it was this percussion type the drum |
| #1071, aired 1989-04-10 | DRUMMERS $300: Once a studio drummer, he later used pistols for percussion with his "City Slickers" Spike Jones |
| #1041, aired 1989-02-27 | STARTS WITH "B" $400: A percussion instrument, or an African antelope who probably doesn't play it bongo |
| #673, aired 1987-07-08 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1000: From Greek for "self", "idiophones" is another name for this largest family of instruments percussion instruments |
| #345, aired 1986-01-03 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): Largest family of instruments, it includes "membranophones" which means "skin sounds" the drum family or percussion instruments |
