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