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