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