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