There are three main methods of classifying musical instruments: the Hornbostel-Sachs system, Western classification, and Chinese classification. The Hornbostel-Sachs system divides instruments into four main groups based on how they produce sound: idiophones, membranophones, chordophones, and aerophones. Western classification separates instruments into woodwinds, strings, brass, percussion, and keyboard. The oldest known scheme is Chinese classification from 3000 BC, which groups instruments based on the material they are made of such as stone, wood, silk, or bamboo.

2.  Instrument
classification and how
they are classified.
 Types of instrument
classification.
 The hornbostel-sachs
and its forms.
 The western
classification and its
forms.
 The Chinese
classification and
examples.

3.  Instrument
Classification is
when the
instruments has
being divided
according to how
the instrument
produce the
sound.
 Throughout
history, various
methods of
musical
instrument
classification have
been used

4.  There are three main
types of instrument
classification.Thes are;
 The hornbostel-sachs
classification of
instrument.
 The western
classification of
instrument.
 The chinese
classification of
instrument.

5.  Their scheme is widely
used today, and is
most often known as
the Hornbostel-Sachs
system (or the Sachs-
Hornbostel system).
The original Sachs-
Hornbostel system
classified instruments
into four main groups:
 idiophones, such as
the xylophone, which
produce sound by
vibrating themselves

6.  idiophones, such as
the xylophone, which
produce sound by
vibrating themselves.

7.  membranophones,
such as drums or
kazoos, which produce
sound by a vibrating
membrane

8.  chordophones; such
as the piano or cello,
which produce sound
by vibrating strings

9.  aerophones, such
as the pipe organ or
oboe, which produce
sound by vibrating
columns of air

10.  The modern system of
western instrument
classification divides
the instruments into
wood, string, brass,
keyboard and
percussion
 However other ones
have been devised,
and other cultures use
varying methods.

11.  The string
classification of
instrument; They are
the largest
classification of
instrument in
orchestra.
 They come in
four(4)main sizes
namely; Violin , Viola,
Cello and bass

12.  The wood wind
classification of
instrument; This
classification of
instrument includes,
from the highest sound
instrument to the
lowest.Eg.flute,clarinet,
saxophone, ect

13.  The brass
classification of
instrument; This
classification of
instrument can play
louder than any other
orchestra and can also
be heard from far
away.eg.
Tuba,trumphet ect.

14.  The keyboard and
harp classification of
instrument; This
classification of
instrument that is
played using a row of
levers which are
pressed by the
fingers.eg. piano

15.  The percussion
classification of
instrument; is believed
to include the oldest
musical instruments,
following the human
voice.

16.  The oldest known
scheme of classifying
instruments is Chinese
and dates from the 3rd
millennium BC. It
groups instruments
according to what they
are made out of.
 All instruments made
out of stone are in one
group, all those made
out of wood in another,
those made out of silk
are in a third, and all
those made of bamboo
in the fourth, as
recorded in the Yo Chi
(record of ritual music
and dance).

17.  This instrument is
made of stones.
 This instrument is
made of silk.

18.  This instrument is
made of wood.
 This instrument is
made of bamboo.