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