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