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