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