Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments
Remember (Pluck, blow or hit?): String: sitar, veena, guitar, violin, sarangi, sarod, ektara, harp. Wind: flute (bansuri), shehnai, trumpet, conch, nadaswaram, saxophone. Percussion: tabla, dholak, mridangam, ghatam, drum, manjira, damru. Numbers: violin 4 strings, guitar 6, ektara 1; the sargam has 7 notes. Sound is made when something vibrates.
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- 1.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
- 2.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) sitar (b) tabla (c) shehnai (d) flute
- 3.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
- 4.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
- 5.🎵 Is the harp a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
- 6.🎵 Is the violin a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
- 7.🎵 Is the sitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) manjira (b) tabla (c) ghatam (d) trumpet
- 9.True or false: the harp is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 10.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) saxophone (b) veena (c) flute (d) shehnai
- 11.True or false: the guitar is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
- 13.True or false: the nadaswaram is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🎵 Is the drum a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
- 15.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by plucking strings (b) by shaking it (c) by blowing air into it (d) by hitting it
- 16.True or false: the shehnai is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🎵 Is the flute a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
- 18.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) harp (b) flute (c) mridangam (d) tabla
- 19.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) bansuri (b) drum (c) clarinet (d) trumpet
- 20.🎵 Is the guitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
- 21.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
- 22.True or false: the damru is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a spoon (b) a bow (c) a drumstick (d) a straw
- 24.True or false: the tambourine is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ektara (b) sarangi (c) bansuri (d) guitar
- 26.🎵 Is the clarinet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
- 27.🎵 Is the ghatam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
- 28.🎵 Is the tabla a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
- 29.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) sitar (b) shehnai (c) manjira (d) saxophone
- 30.True or false: the drum is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) vibrates (b) freezes (c) dissolves (d) melts
- 32.🎵 Is the manjira a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
- 33.True or false: the ghatam is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: the ghatam is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) conch (b) trumpet (c) damru (d) shehnai
- 36.🎵 Is the damru a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
- 37.True or false: the sarod is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 38.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) sarod (b) tambourine (c) bansuri (d) drum
- 39.True or false: the clarinet is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🎵 Is the nadaswaram a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
Answer key
- 6
- tabla
- 4
- 1
- string
- string
- string
- trumpet
- False
- veena
- False
- 2
- True
- percussion
- by blowing air into it
- False
- wind
- harp
- drum
- string
- 7
- False
- a bow
- True
- bansuri
- wind
- percussion
- percussion
- sitar
- True
- vibrates
- percussion
- False
- True
- damru
- percussion
- True
- sarod
- False
- wind
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