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