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