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