Instrument Families

Instrument Families

Let's see what we remember from our exploration yesterday!

Multiple Choice

How many instrument families did you learn about yesterday?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Select

Choose the names of the instrument families.

• Woodwind

• Percussion

• Strings

• Drums

• Brass

Brass Family

Let's Review the Facts

Brass Family Facts

• You use your lips to produce sound

  by buzzing into a mouth piece. Your mouth starts the vibration

• They are usually gold and silver and made of metal

• They have 3 or 4 valves (the buttons/keys people push)

  or a slide (like the trombone)

Multiple Choice

How many valves (buttons) do brass instrument have?

• None

• 1

• 3-4

• Many

Woodwind Family Facts

• You use your air to blow into the instrument

• Wood (called a reed) vibrates to help make the sound in the clarinet, oboe,  and bassoon.

• They have many keys/buttons that the musician’s use their fingers to press down

Multiple Choice

What vibrates on a woodwind instrument?

• The reed (wood)

• The many buttons

• The musician's lips

String Family Facts

• They all have strings

• Some use a bow to play

Percussion Family Facts

• Anything you can hit or tap can be a percussion instrument

• There a smaller groups in the percussion section: drums, mallet instruments, shakers, scrapers, metals, and woods

• You use your hands, sticks, or mallets to play

• Everything in our classroom is a part of the percussion family

Open Ended

What was your favorite video you saw yesterday?