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