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