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