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