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