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