Musical Instruments introduces students to India’s rich variety of stringed, wind and percussion instruments—including Sitar, Sarod, Sarangi, Santoor, Bansuri, Shehnai, Tabla, Pakhawaj, Mridangam, Harmonium and Manjeera. Students form a ‘Kitchen Orchestra’ using plates, spoons and bowls, craft homemade shakers from empty containers and seeds, classify instruments by how they are played, and recognise repeating melodic and rhythmic patterns.
What Class 3 Arts Chapter 9 Covers
Activity 1 (Know Your Instruments): Identifying Shehnai, Manjeera, Sarangi, Sarod, Sitar, Pakhawaj, Santoor, Tabla, Harmonium, Mridangam and Bansuri
Activities 2–3 (Make a Kitchen Orchestra & Make a Shaker!): Playing rhythms with steel bowls, spoons and seed-filled shakers
Activities 4–6 (Sounds & Patterns of Instruments): Grouping instruments by string, wind and percussion and listening to musical patterns
Exercises in Chapter 9
- Activities 1–3 (Pages 64–66): Identify instruments you have heard, form a kitchen orchestra with classmates and make a seed shaker.
- Activities 4–6 (Pages 67–70): Match instruments to how they produce sound (blowing, striking, plucking/bowing) and complete musical pattern activities.
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FAQ
What is an orchestra?
When a group of musicians play different musical instruments together to create music in harmony, it is called an orchestra.
Give two examples each of wind, string and percussion instruments from the chapter.
Wind: Bansuri, Shehnai; String: Sitar, Sarangi (or Sarod, Santoor); Percussion: Tabla, Mridangam (or Pakhawaj, Manjeera).