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