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