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