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Timbre Teacher Resources

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Resource Type
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Grade
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Timbre: Identifying the Tone Color of the Saxophone
82
6th - 7th
3.5/5 Stars

Students explore the concept of timbre. In this timbre lesson plan, students experience timbres produced by saxophones in contemporary music. Students explore the science behind the music.

Tone Poem Composing Project
64
5th - 6th
4.0/5 Stars

Students explore role of music in storytelling by watching and discussing effect music has on perception of scene from movie, and using Sibelius program to compose single excerpt of music, considering dynamics, timbre, and articulation, that relates to their own poem, story, or picture.

Investigation of Timbre
2
11th - 12th
2.0/5 Stars

Students design an experiment to analyze the timbre of different instruments. In this physics lesson plan, students analyze the missing quality in sound. They discuss their results in class.

Pavane pour une Infante Defunte
15
8th - 12th
3.0/5 Stars

Students describe the music in terms related to basic elements such as melody, rhythm, harmony, dynamics, timbre, form, style, etc. They identify timbres heard in "Pavane" by movement and respond by movement to timbre.

Timbre II
106
2nd - 3rd
4.0/5 Stars

In this timbre of instruments activity, students explore the concept of timbre meaning four different kinds of sounds: string, brass, choral and percussion. Students locate those concepts in a word search puzzle.

Timbre Activities
424
K - 2nd
3.5/5 Stars

Students investigate the concept of timbre. In this music lesson, students listen to several recordings of musical pieces and identify the name of the instrument playing with its picture.

Timbre
90
K - 1st
3.0/5 Stars

For this timbre worksheet, students define what the definition of timbre is, circle their favorite timbre group and practice writing the words timbre, sound and music.

What is Timbre?
130
1st - 2nd
4.0/5 Stars

Students analyze the differences in similar songs.  In this music appreciation lesson, students discover the meaning of timbre and how it can drastically change similar pieces of music.  Students sing two pieces of music with the rest of the class.

Timbre Activities
7
1st - 5th
2.5/5 Stars

Students identify the concept of timbre in music. In this music lesson plan, students listen to various musical pieces and recognize the timbre in the music.

Timbre II
51
4th - 5th
2.0/5 Stars

In this music worksheet, students learn that timbre, or tone color, means different kinds of sounds. Students complete 10 questions about timbre and general music topics.