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