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