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