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