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