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