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