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