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