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