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