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