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