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