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