Instruments of the Orchestra!
Day 1: What are instrument families?
San Fransisco Symphony Website
Click on "Discover" on the upper left corner of the page! (Right below the "SFS Kids Fun With Music" logo.) Then click on "Let's Start". Click on the "instruments" bubble.
Day 2: What do the instruments sound like and look like?
New York Philharmonic Kidzone Website: "Instrument Storage Room"
New York Phil "Game Room"
1) Play "Music Match Instruments"
2) Play "Instrument Frenzy"
3) Play "Percussion Showdown"
Day 3: Write your own music!
San Fransisco Symphony "Instrumentation" machine!
Click on "The Music Lab" on the upper left corner of the page! (Right below the "SFS Kids Fun With Music" logo.)
Then, click on "Instrumentation."
New York Phil "Composition Workshop"
Try "Orchestration Station"
San Fransisco Symphony "Composerizer!"
Click on "The Music Lab" on the upper left corner of the page! (Right below the "SFS Kids Fun With Music" logo.)
Then, click on "Composerizer!"
Day 3: CHALLENGE!
Instrument Safari: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Click on "Register" if you want to save your game and play at home. You will need to create a secret name and password!
Click on "Local Game" to play just once during music class.
Day 4: Show what you know!
Before you begin the test, click HERE for a great review of every instrument!
Take this test with a partner to see if you can match the sound to the instrument!
San Fransisco Symphony Website
Click on "Discover" on the upper left corner of the page! (Right below the "SFS Kids Fun With Music" logo.) Then click on "Let's Start". Click on the "instruments" bubble.
Day 2: What do the instruments sound like and look like?
New York Philharmonic Kidzone Website: "Instrument Storage Room"
New York Phil "Game Room"
1) Play "Music Match Instruments"
2) Play "Instrument Frenzy"
3) Play "Percussion Showdown"
Day 3: Write your own music!
San Fransisco Symphony "Instrumentation" machine!
Click on "The Music Lab" on the upper left corner of the page! (Right below the "SFS Kids Fun With Music" logo.)
Then, click on "Instrumentation."
New York Phil "Composition Workshop"
Try "Orchestration Station"
San Fransisco Symphony "Composerizer!"
Click on "The Music Lab" on the upper left corner of the page! (Right below the "SFS Kids Fun With Music" logo.)
Then, click on "Composerizer!"
Day 3: CHALLENGE!
Instrument Safari: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Click on "Register" if you want to save your game and play at home. You will need to create a secret name and password!
Click on "Local Game" to play just once during music class.
Day 4: Show what you know!
Before you begin the test, click HERE for a great review of every instrument!
Take this test with a partner to see if you can match the sound to the instrument!
Now that you've learned all of the instruments, watch this video and identify each instrument of the orchestra!