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