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