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