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