Question

Make a list of different types of musical instruments and identify their vibrating parts which produce sound.

Answer 1

• Stringed instruments, e.g., sitar, guitar, violin: vibrating strings
• Wind instruments, e.g., bansuri, shehnai, trumpet: vibrating air columns
• Percussion instruments, e.g., tabla, mridangam, dholak: vibrating stretched membranes or drum heads
• Solid struck instruments, e.g., cymbals, taal: vibrating metal plates