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