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