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