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