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