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