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1,278 Families of instruments Lesson Plans
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students research and analyze how each of the four families of instruments make or create the family specific sounds. They create their own drums, and play the instruments as a group activity. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students listen to selected solo instruments and place the instrument in its correct family of instruments; students also identify from listening to examples: orchestra, band, vocal solo, and choral performance. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students identify many types of instruments. students practice listening, singing and playing the instruments. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students study the characteristics and classification of the string family of musical instruments. They develop visual and aural awareness of the strings. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 5th
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Students examine the characteristics of the four families of instruments. They read an eBook, unscramble instruments and categorize them in the correct families, take a quiz, and explore the San Francisco Symphony website. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students prepare an oral report on an instrument they would play, stating reasons for their choice. They explore the brass, woodwind, and percussion families of instruments and what characteristics make them different from other band instruments. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore a tour through the families of instruments of the orchestra. They Students examine how music enhances our examineing of humanity. Students name the four families of instruments and the instruments in each family. They experience how you play each family of instruments as well. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students identify musical instruments and put them correctly into the appropriate family of instruments by seeing them and hearing their timbre. They participate in listening workshops using visual and auditory recognition of instruments over time to be able to place them in the correct family of instruments. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students identify the four instrument families of the symphony orchestra. They listen to the instruments and compare the similarities and differences of each of the four families. They design and create an instrument that belongs to a specific family of the symphony orchestra. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students recognize the differences and commonalities of the instrument families. They listen to a short recognizable orchestral excerpt (Beethoven 5th Symphony), research a famiily of instruments, and create a list of similarities and differences among each instrument in the family. Full Review »

