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