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