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