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