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