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