Grouping Musical Instruments

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Grade Level

• Elementary School

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Subject

• Music

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Length of Time

• 30 To 45 Minutes

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Description

• Students will learn about musical instruments and group them into these categories: percussion, strings, woodwinds, and brass.

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Goals

• Students will learn:
  
  *To classify the different instruments

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Materials Needed

• * The worksheet I have included
  
  * Pencils and Erasers
  

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Procedure

• First, you will present the different types of musical instruments.
  
  Strings: Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, and Harp
  
  Brass: Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone, and Tuba
  
  Woodwinds: Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Bassoon, English Horn, Oboe, Flute, and Piccolo
  
  Percussion: Piano, Bass Drum, Xylophone, Timpani, Snare Drum, Cymbals, Triangle, and Tambourine
  
  After you discuss these different instruments, then, you can give them the worksheet.
  
  
  Worksheet - Musical Instruments
  
  Directions: Group the following instruments in the right categories. There are twenty-four instruments.
  
  Piano, French Horn, Viola, Bassoon, Timpani, Violin, Trombone, Clarinet, Xylophone, Tuba, Trumpet, Flute, Piccolo, Harp, Cello, Alto Saxophone, English Horn, Bass Drum, Snare Drum, English Horn, Cymbals, Triangle, Oboe, and Tambourine
  
  Brass Percussion String Woodwinds
  
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  Bonus Question: Do you play these instruments in an orchestra or band? __________________
  
  
  
  
  
  

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Grading

• You can score four points for each question.
  
  100 to 90 = A
  
  89 to 80 = B
  
  79 to 70 = C
  
  69 to 60 = D
  
  Below 60 = F
  

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