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