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