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