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