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