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