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