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