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