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