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