What's the answer to this verbal reasoning question?

[emkana]

Piano is to (music, notes, keyboard) as violin is to (songs, strings, sound)?

Piano is to keyboard as violin is to strings

music, notes, songs and sound are all generic

keyboard and strings are the bits of that instrument you strike to make the note

I would say keyboard and strings but it is not a very well constructed question.

but tbh it's a bit crap that one

Piano = keyboard Violin = strings

Instead of keyboard it should perhaps be keys!

Replace (is to) with (must have a)

So it's keyboard and strings

Shouldn't it really be piano/keyboard violin/bow?

They both have strings!

a piano is a string instrument, so that doesn't work.

Piano is to hammers as violin is to bow would be more accurate...ie. the bit that makes the sound on the strings.

Stupid question!

no I think it means what you play to creat the noise

you play the keyboard on a piano (which in turn move the hammers against the string)

you play the strings on a violin

still crap though

I agree with keyboard and strings, but I don't think it a good question-keyboard when discussing a piano is confusing.

But you don't, you play the bow. It's shit and whoever created it should be asked quite how intelligent they are, because they're clearly not intelligent to be setting verbal reasoning questions for children!

Sure that's what they meant but its the sort of question which is bound to bring out pedantry

But you don't, you play the bow
not if you pluck it....

you don't play the bow - you use a bow to play the strings

so you play the strings

(pedantry lover)

You don't play the keyboard either, then, you use the keys to play the strings on a piano.

Can we turn this into a bunfight, do you think!?

you are quite right Flamingo

so you use the keyboard to move the hammer to play the strings and you use the bow to play the string

are we agreed?

(prepares buns)

screams hammerS

Dd put keyboard and strings and was marked wrong.

Teacher said it should be notes and strings?

But then, maybe the best analogy for hammer would be horsehair...

does she think 'notes' is synonymous with 'keys'

if so she is a fool

This thread is what I love about mumsnet!

And I agree with all of you

Your DD was as right within the parameters of the question.

Oh dear. My dear father retained a lingering sense of injustice many decades later that, when giving 'Trembling like a ' to complete, he was marked wrong for putting 'jelly' instead of 'leaf'. (I forebore to point out that jellies quiver )

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What was the teachers correct answer Emkana