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