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