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