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