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