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