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