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