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