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