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