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