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