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