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