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