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