[Ans] What is the world's best-selling musical instrument?

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The harmonica is the world’s best-selling musical instrument. Harmonicas originated in the early 1800s in Europe. They gained popularity in the 1920s in the U.S. and were used in blues recordings. Christian Friedrich Ludwig Buschmann is often cited as the inventor of the harmonica in 1821, but other inventors developed similar instruments at the same time. Clock maker Matthias Hohner began crafting harmonicas in 1857 and soon owned the largest harmonica factory in the world. By 1986 the harmonica maker Hohner had produced 1 billion harmonicas.

[Answer] What is the world's best-selling musical instrument?

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...The harmonica is the world’s best-selling musical instrument. Harmonicas originated in the early 1800s in Europe. They gained popularity in the 1920s in the U.S. and were used in blues recordings. Christian Friedrich Ludwig Buschmann is often cited as the inventor of the harmonica in 1821, but other inventors developed similar instruments at the same time. Clock maker Matthias Hohner began crafting harmonicas in 1857 and soon owned the largest harmonica factory in the world. By 1986 the harmonica maker Hohner had produced 1 billion harmonicas.

[Answer] This musical instrument is believed to have existed since 15,000 BC, making it one of the oldest instruments in the world. The modern version of it has 47 strings and 7 pedals. Which instrument are we talking about?

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[Answer] The Indian classical instrument, the sitar, has been used by popular bands like ‘The Beatles’ in their music. Which other band used it in their chart topping hit, ‘Paint It Black’?

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[Answer] 1. Music:On the Beatles song "Norwegian Wood", which instrument is played by George Harrison?

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...1. Saxophone 2. Violin 3. Harmonica 4. Sitar "Norwegian Wood" is a song on the 1965 album "Rubber Soul". Harrison played the sitar, the first time this Indian instrument had been used by a western rock band.

[Answer] 3. Branded early on as a novelty instrument it developed such a strong solo identity that it nearly upstaged the trumpet as the primary jazz instrument. What is this tool that was created by Adolphe Sax in 1846 for military bands?

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...1. Saxophone 2. Bassoon 3. Flute 4. Oboe The alto and tenor saxophones almost dominated music in the late 1930's and during the 1940's. Initially this was achieved through the talents of Johnny Hodges and his romantic tones and then through Charlie Parker's bushfire of reshuffled harmonies and uneven phrasing. Big bands would carry as many as five saxophone players. This included two tenors, the most expressive of all jazz instruments, able to produce those earthy, low register sounds but, as best shown by John Coltrane, could be extended to a soprano range. There would also be two altos and a baritone. The saxophone is a very agile instrument and is able to cover both the melodic and harmonic roles within a big band. During the ensemble sections they are best suited to run with the faster passages that would prove extremely tough for the brass section.

[Answer] 1. One of the best blues guitarists to ever pick up an instrument, this gentleman's career began in 1949. Who plucked the strings and made it into Billboard's Top 20 in 1970 with "The Thrill is Gone"?

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...1. BB King 2. JB Thomas 3. BK Smith 4. ML King B.B. King, born in 1925 as Riley B. King, has been making music since a very young age. "Rolling Stone" magazine has ranked him at number six on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. His musical style and technique has been a model for thousands of players, from Eric Clapton and George Harrison to Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. His best showing on Billboard's Top 100 was a number 15 placing with "The Thrill is Gone" in 1970. He has had many R & B hits over the course of his 60 year career, and even into his 80s was still performing over 100 shows per year.

[Answer] 6. What is a wind instrument that is used by Australian Aboriginals?

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...1. Didgeridoo 2. Dagger 3. Dodger 4. Daddoo It is made out of a hollow trunk, and can only be played in one low tone.

[Answer] who was the first rock musician to famously smash their instrument on stage?

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...In the mid 1960s, guitarist Pete Townshend of The Who was the first guitar-smashing rock artist. Rolling Stone Magazine included his smashing of a Rickenbacker guitar at the Railway Tavern in Harrow and Wealdstone in September 1964 in their list of "50 Moments That Changed Rock & Roll".

[Ans] Which musical instrument did Bill Clinton play on The Arsenio Hall Show during his 1992 presidential campaign?

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During the 1992 Presidential Campaign, Bill Clinton made a surprise appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show -- wearing dark sunglasses, he played "Heartbreak Hotel" on his saxophone. At the time, he was trailing in the polls, and some critics have suggested that this appearance captured the imagination of the American people and turned the race around. In the end, Clinton carried 43 percent of the vote, easily defeating George Bush and Ross Perot and making him the forty-second President of the United States of America.