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