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