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