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