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