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