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