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