Aerophones

Aerophones

by Shawna Stewartson-Bennett

Open Ended

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​ Objectives: At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:​

• give visual examples of what an Aerophone instrument looks like

•  explain how the instruments produce sound

• explain how the instruments are played by musicians

Activity: Five Minute Flute

​You have five minutes to make a flute. Go around your house and find something that can make sound by you blowing air through it.

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​The best flute gets a price.

​Aerophones

​Aerophones are instruments that create noise by pushing vibrating columns of air through them.

What are some examples of Aerophones?

​Aerophones

​A few examples of the most well-known aerophone instruments include the trumpets, clarinet, piccolo, flute, saxophone, accordion, tuba, harmonica, horn, accordion, and whistle.

Multiple Choice

Which aerophone is one the oldest musical instruments in history?

• The Saxophone

• The harmonica

• The flute

The Flute!

Aside from the voice, flutes are the earliest known musical instruments. A number of flutes dating to about 43,000 to 35,000 years ago have been found in the Swabian Alb region of Germany. These flutes demonstrate that a developed musical tradition existed from the earliest period of modern human presence in Europe.

​How Aerophones work

Some aerophones have a mouthpiece called a reed. You blow into the instrument, which vibrates a reed (or reeds).

​How Aerophones work

A reed is a thin strip of material that vibrates to produce a sound on a musical instrument.

​How Aerophones work

Other aerophones that have mouthpieces do not have mouthpieces with reeds in them, for example flutes and recorders.

Open Ended

Write a few examples of materials you think have been used to make aerophones.

Some materials include

• ​Bamboo

• ​Ivory (from an elephant or rhino's horn)

• ​metals

• ​wood

• ​plastics

Open Ended

Write a few examples of materials you think have been used to make aerophones.

Activity let's listen to some aerophones.

go to the link below:

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teQ4ce7PacQG

SUMMARY

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