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