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