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