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