| Music is the most beautiful form of art that is | | | | instruments are flute, clarinet, bassoon, English horn, |
| communicated through variety of musical instruments | | | | saxophone, bagpipe, and harmonica. |
| producing sounds, rhythms, and tones. The oldest | | | | Brass Instruments |
| musical instrument dates back to the rich heritage | | | | Brass instruments produce a unique nature and |
| and after that many varieties have been introduced | | | | texture of sound. They work on the principle of air |
| with each delivering its unique sound and quality | | | | vibration and sound frequency. The pitch produced is |
| These instruments are divided into many categories | | | | directly related to the size of the air chamber that |
| depending on different types of classification. A | | | | depends on the size and the length of the tube, pipe, |
| significant classification is based on the mechanism | | | | or the instrument. The larger the size of the |
| used for producing sound under which instruments | | | | chamber, lower is the pitch of the sound. These |
| are divided into five basic categories. | | | | instruments have holes or valves that are used to |
| Explore here some of the most significant types of | | | | control the path of air. Pressing a valve changes the |
| musical instruments: | | | | path of air that affects the sound wave by changing |
| String Instruments | | | | the length of the pipe. This way by shortening and |
| String instruments produce sound through the | | | | lengthening the size of the pipe the sound pitch is |
| mechanism of a vibrating string. Strings are composed | | | | altered as desired. Some common brass instruments |
| of metal, synthetic, or natural materials and are of | | | | are trumpet, bugle, conch, and french horn. |
| varied thickness, weight, length, and tension. The | | | | Percussion Instruments |
| composition, dimension, and the weight of the strings | | | | Percussion instruments produce sound waves by |
| play an integral role in the quality of sound produced. | | | | being hit or shaken by any kind of striking object. |
| When the strings are thick and heavy, vibration is | | | | The vibration and the wave produced depend on the |
| slow resulting in lower pitch whereas faster vibration | | | | type of surface and the type of material used to |
| results in higher pitch. Some of the most common | | | | strike the instrument surface. Apart from this the |
| types of string instruments are guitar, piano, violin, | | | | thickness and size of the material also influences the |
| cello, viola, double bass, mandolin, harp, and santoor. | | | | sound quality and the vibration. Furthermore different |
| Wind Instruments | | | | sounds are produced by striking different areas of |
| Wind instruments are those instruments in which | | | | the instrument's surface. Some significant instruments |
| sound is made by the vibration of air in a pipe or a | | | | under this category are drum, xylophone, cymbal, |
| tube. The key factor influencing the pitch of sound | | | | marimba, triangle, bells, tambourine, and wood block. |
| produced is the frequency of air vibration that | | | | Electronic Instruments |
| greatly depends on the size of the air chamber or | | | | Electronic instruments are the new generation of |
| the tube. Larger the size of the air chamber deeper | | | | musical instruments that are introduced in the recent |
| will be the sound produced. Some instruments like | | | | years. These produce sound using advanced |
| flute have holes in the tube to change the pitch of | | | | technology and electronic medium. Most of these |
| the sound. Covering and uncovering these holes | | | | instruments like the piano keyboards, octopads, |
| change the path of the air which directly affects the | | | | samplers, and synthesizers are designed to produce |
| air chamber size that changes the frequency and | | | | exciting music in a user-friendly way. |
| eventually the pitch. Some of the most popular wind | | | | For more information, read Musical Instruments. |