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