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