Musical instruments are important for bringing songs to life by producing sounds that make music pleasing to the ear. They help bring out the best in songs by serving as backgrounds. The document then lists and describes 10 different musical instruments: the bell, gong, triangle, drum, castanet, maracas, cymbals, rhythm sticks, sand blocks, and xylophone. Each instrument is explained in one to two sentences.

1. Musical
Instruments

2. Musical instruments
are very important in
bringing songs to life. These
instruments produce
sounds that help make
music pleasing to the ear.

3. Musical instruments
help bring out the best in a
song. These instruments
serve as backgrounds to a
song.

4. Examples
of
Musical Instruments

5. 1. Bell - it is a
hollow metallic
device that is
shaped
somewhat like a
cup and makes a
ringing sound
when struck.

6. 2. Gong – It is a large
piece of metal
shaped like a plate
that makes a loud
ringing sound when
struck with a stick or
hammer.

7. 3. Triangle - It is a musical instrument
with three sides and curved corners.
There is always one
corner where the
sides do not join.
The player holds a
small piece of string
and makes a sound
by hitting the triangle
with beater.

8. 4. Drum – It consists of
a shell with a stretched
skin, or covering. When
the covering is hit with a
hand or stick, it vibrates
and makes sound.

9. 5. Castanet – It
consists of two
small flat round
parts fastened to
thumb and clicked
by the fingers.

10. 6. Maracas - It made
of a dried gourd with
seeds or pebbles
inside that is usually
played in pairs by
shaking.

11. 7. Cymbals – It is
form of a brass
plate that is
struck with a
drumstick or is
used in pairs
struck together.

12. 8. Rhythm Sticks –
It is a pair of plain
or notched wood
sticks that are
struck or rubbed
together to produce
various sounds. It
used especially by
young children in
rhythm bands.

13. 9. Sand Blocks
- produce two very
different sounds- one
made by tapping the
blocks and another
by scraping them.

14. 10. Xylophone - It has bars of different
lengths arranged side by side.
When a
performer strikes
the bars with a
stick, the bars
produce sounds.
Each bar is tuned to
produce a particular
note.