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