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