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