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