Understanding Arts and Arts Education (Theory) Block : Art Education

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Performing Art Practical
Block 1 : Art Education
Notes
2. The wind instruments are known as Aerophones (Sushir – Vadya)
3. The skin Instruments are known as Membranophones (AvanaddhaVadya)
4. The Percussions are known as Idiophones (Ghana – Vadya)
We all see and hear musical instruments in our
day to day life like – in temples, church, social
gatherings, movies/cinema, advertisements,
children programs, live concerts etc. Some
examples of Musical instruments are
1. Chordophones (String Instruments) –
TAT VADYA
The above names are synonyms of a type of Instrument that produces sound
through strings stretched over different types of surface. The string instrument
is usually made of materials cotton ,silk and like 
wood, metal ,clay ,hide or
skin of animals
. Strings of copper, brass, steel, iron, parched animal guts
,hide of different animals stretched tightly over a surface and tuned properly
produces a pleasant musical sound. The ancient scriptures mention that the
‘
Tat’
instruments also had strings made of 
cotton ,silk anda kind of grass
called ‘Munj’
.
String instruments prevalent in India
can broadly be divided into four groups.
The first
categoryconsists of those that
are sounded with the help of a 
plectrum
such as the 
Veena,Sitar, Sarod
etc. 
The
second 
category consists of those string
instruments that are played by using a
bow
like
Ravanhattha,Sarangi,
Sarinda
etc. 
The third
such as 
Santoor
is a chordophone played upon by
striking its strings with a