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