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