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