MAKING MUSIC

Class V
5th September, 2018
Objectives
• Differentiate between stringed, wind and percussion instruments
• Give at least three examples of each
• Differentiate sound and musical sound
Stringed instruments

• In stringed instruments, sound is produced when the stretched string

vibrates
• between two fixed points on the instrument.
Wind instruments

• In wind instruments, air vibrates to produce sound.

Percussion instruments:

• In percussion instruments, sound is produced when you strike on the

instrument.
• For example, when you beat a drum with a stick, its membrane
vibrates to
• produce sound.
Copy and complete Table 5.1 given
below:
Instrument What vibrates?
Yangchen
Drum
Flute
Conch
Tangti
Guitar
Closure
• What vibrates in stringed instruments?
• Is there any difference between percussion and wind instruments?
• What is sound?
• What is musical sound?
• What are the differences between sound and musical sound?