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