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