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