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