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