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