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