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