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