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