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