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