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