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