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