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