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