Module 1
CLASS IX READING LITERACY
PART A Musical Instruments to Play
A musical instrument is a device created to make musical
sounds. Anything that makes a sound can be used as a musical
instrument. The history of musical instruments goes back to
the beginning of culture. People first used instruments as
ritual: a hunter might use a trumpet to signal a successful
hunt; a drum might be used in a religious ceremony.
Cultures later composed and performed a set of sounds called a
melody for entertainment. Musical instruments were needed.
Some historians report that the earliest musical instrument was a
simple flute. Many of the earliest musical instruments were made
from animal skins, bone, wood, and other non-durable materials.
Musical instruments were developed separately in the different
countries and regions of the world, but when civilizations shared
information amongst themselves, the development of instruments
spread. For example, cultures of North America, South America,
and Central America used similar instruments and shared these
ideas of making instruments that were alike in some way.
Many different ways have been used to classify instruments over the years. One way to classify
instruments is to put them in groups by the range of music the instruments can play. Another
classification is to put them together by what they are made out of. However, the most common
method of grouping instruments is by how they produce sounds. The academic study of musical
instruments is called organology. Woodwinds and brass (sometimes called the “wind” instruments),
string, percussion, electric, and keyboard are types of instruments grouped according to how they
are made and the range of music and sounds they play.
Woodwind and brass instruments include the trumpet, clarinet, flute,
oboe, trombone, tuba, and harmonica. Stringed instruments include
the banjo, guitar, harp, violin, and viola. Percussion instruments
include the cymbal, chime, timpani, drum, and tambourine.
Electronic instruments are the keyboard and the synthesizer.
Keyboard instruments include the accordion, organ, and piano.
Maybe you will play an instrument someday. Will it be a woodwind
or brass, stringed, percussion, electronic or a keyboard instrument?
A. Matching. Draw a line to connect which musical instruments belong to the categories listed
in the story.
1. woodwind and brass a) banjo, guitar, harp
2. stringed b) trumpet, clarinet, flute
3. percussion c) keyboard, synthesizer
4. keyboard d) accordion, organ, piano
5. electronic e) cymbal, chime, drum B. Phonics work.
The word “electronic” in the story ends in the letters “ic” that make a short “i” sound followed by
a “k” sound. Write another word that has the “ic” letters to make the “ik” sound (a short i followed
by the k sound).
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The letter “y” in the word “history” is changed to “i” when adding the suffix “an”, which means
“of”. So a “historian” is someone “of history”, an “Italian” is someone “of Italy”, etc. Write
another word that has the “an” suffix. Write what the word means.
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_ C. Crossword. Use these words to solve the musical clues:
device, signal, ceremony, composed, performed, melody, classify, range
Across
1. formed; made up of
5. something invented, devised, fitted
6. sweet music
7. played
Down 1. to group according to
some system
2. a sign giving warning or notice
3. the distance between; extent
4. a special act done on special
occasions
D. Multiple-Choice Questions (Circle the correct answer.)
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