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