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