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