2. Define “Musical Instrument”
• A musical instrument is a device
created or adapted to make musical
sounds. In principle, any object that
produces sound can be a musical
instrument
3. Classification in the Instruments
• There are 5 types of instruments
• They are 1. Stringed Instruments
2. Wind Instruments
3. Percussion Instruments
4. Brass Instruments
5. Electronic Instruments
4. Lets see Stringed Instruments
• String instruments have strings made up of
steel or nylon wire can be either plucked or
played with a bow.
• Examples- Acoustic Guitars with steel strings
Classical Guitars with Nylon strings
Banjo, Mandolin, veena, sitar, sarangi, Dilruba,
sarod etc….
Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass played with
a Bow.
8. Now Lets See Wind Instruments
• Wind instrument is a musical instrument that
contains some type of resonator (usually a
tube), in which a column of air is set into
vibration by the player.
Example: Flute, Saxophone, Clarinets, oboe,
Nadaswaram, Snake charmer’s Pipe( Makudi)
11. Now Percussion Instruments
• A percussion instrument is a musical
instrument that is sounded by being struck or
scraped by a beater.
Example: Tavil, Drum kit, Kettle Drum,
Xylophone, Kanjira, Dholak, Mrudangam,
Tabla, triangle, Timpani, jaltarang, Etc…..
16. Now we can see Brass Instruments
• An instrument, made of brass or other metal,
sound is produced through vibration of the
lips and adjustment of the length of the sound
tube by means of valves or a slide.
Examples : Trumpet, French Horn, Bugle,
Trombone, Euphonium,Saxophone Cymbals
etc…..
20. Finally we will see about electronic
instruments
• An electronic musical instrument is a
musical instrument that produces its sounds
using electronics gadgets.
Examples: Keyboards, octave Pad, Sampler,
Electric Guitars Etc….
23. Finally
• we came to know about the Classification of
Musical Instruments.
Can we refresh again????? Yeah
What are the types of Instruments?
Under what type the oboe comes?
What do u mean by percussion instruments?
Well done children.
