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