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