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- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students explore the four basic instruments of the Brass Family in the four lessons of this unit. The French horn, trumpet, trombone, and tuba are inspected as students develope a familiarity with their sight and sounds. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students receive a musical instrument of the orchestra and the family it belongs to. They run when the teacher calls either the instrument or the family. 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 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 review the instruments in the brass and string families and are introduced to the instruments in the woodwind family by sight and sound. They play Instrument Bingo and a variety of Internet games to practice identifying all of the orchestra instruments. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 5th
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Students identify brass, woodwind, string, and percussion instruments and group them into appropriate families in this technology-based Music lesson for 2nd through 5th grades. Each students is required to have a handheld device or laptop. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 3rd
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Students classify the classes of instruments of the orchestra: strings, brass, woodwinds and percussion. They aurally and visually identify the instruments of the orchestra. Students become actively engaged in live performances by listening for instrumentation. They access a computer to engulf new materials. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students listen to "The William Tell Overture," identify instruments, sounds and other characteristics of the music. They compare and contrast orchestra music to large band music. Students discuss the musical composition and how the timbre of the instruments affects the mood. They complete a worksheet, detailing information about the four families of the orchestra. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students identify various musical instruments and explain their roles in an orchestra. Following a Powerpoint presentation, students discuss what they have discovered in small groups. Then, each groups devises four questions based on the lesson to present in a quiz show format. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students listen to a book, "Meet the Orchestra." They observe a PowerPoint presentation, listen to the sounds in "Peter and the Wolf" and then match illustrations of instruments to their specific sound. Students identify instrument families and create a chart. Full Review »
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