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