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