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