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