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