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