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