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Musical instruments — GK worksheet

Musical instruments make sound in three main ways. String instruments like the sitar, veena and violin are plucked or bowed. Wind instruments like the flute and shehnai are blown. Percussion instruments like the tabla, dholak and mridangam are hit, tapped or shaken.

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Pluck, blow or hit? — “string instruments are plucked or bowed, wind instruments are blown, percussion is hit”

  1. String: sitar, veena, guitar, violin, sarangi, sarod, ektara, harp.
  2. Wind: flute (bansuri), shehnai, trumpet, conch, nadaswaram, saxophone. Percussion: tabla, dholak, mridangam, ghatam, drum, manjira, damru.
  3. Numbers: violin 4 strings, guitar 6, ektara 1; the sargam has 7 notes. Sound is made when something vibrates.

Use it for: Class 3 GK and music lessons, school concerts and listening to Indian classical music.

Worked example: 🎵 Is the tabla a string, wind or percussion instrument? → percussion

  1. We play the tabla by tapping it with our fingers and palms.
  2. Instruments we hit or tap are percussion instruments.

Check: The dholak and mridangam are tapped too — percussion ✓

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