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