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