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