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