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