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