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