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