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Learning about Musical Instruments

March 31, 2021
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Links and activities will be posted here as we learn about different kinds of MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

Please check back regularly!  🙂

 

Memory Game (Dallas Symphony Orchestra)

Match the musical instruments

 

 

Instruments of the Orchestra Word Search (Dallas Symphony Orchestra) 

 

 

Orchestra Seating Chart (Dallas Symphony Orchestra)

check out different formations for Baroque – Classical – Romantic – Modern orchestras

 

 

Learn & Listen by Instrument (Dallas Symphony Orchestra)

– instruments are grouped by family

– click on the instrument to read a brief description

– in most samples you can also hear what the instrument sounds like

 

 

Instrument Families in Music – Sound Clips (MusicTechTeacher.net) 

 

 

Do you ever wonder what the orchestra members see during a performance?

… Take a look at a concert from the stage … Switch views between instruments …

Enjoy the view and the amazing music!

Check out this performance of

BOLERO by Maurice Ravel performed by the London Symphony Orchestra

 

 

Go to INSIDE THE ORCHESTRA to play a variety of

Musical Games related to INSTRUMENTS of the ORCHESTRA.

 

 

Learn more about

ORCHESTRAS, INSTRUMENTS and their FAMILIES! at DK FindOut!

 

 

Go to MakingMusicFun.Net to read articles about instruments in

Hey Kids, Meet the Orchestra

 

 

Check your learning!  How well do you know your instruments?

Find out at MusicTechTeacher.com’s MILLIONAIRE QUIZ

See if you can win $1,000,000 MusicTech Bucks!  3 lifelines included!  🙂

*and no … unfortunately, it’s not real cash …  😀 *

 

A huge, MASSIVE list of musical instruments, their classifications,

their country of origin, and how they relate to similar instruments can be found

HERE at “List of Musical Instruments” on WikiPedia.

  • The percussion list has photos of each instrument.
  • The other lists have links to each instrument.
    • If you hover over the underlined title (with your mouse), sometimes a photo or description will pop up.
    • If you click on the link, it should take you to that instrument’s information in WikiPedia.

Happy exploring!  🙂

2021-Term 2 = Listening Journals

February 20, 2021
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Divisions 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 have completed several Music Listening Journal entries. 

Please click on the links below to check out the pieces we’ve listened to in class this year.  🙂

  * Your class may not have listened to all pieces, but you are welcome to check them out! * 

REMINDER — Once you click on a link, it will take you outside of this blog to other websites, including YouTube.  Be careful where you click!

Name of Piece

Composer / Performer

A few notes about the Music
Walking to the Sky composed by

Bob (Robert) Buckley

 Mr. Buckley’s piece was inspired by a work of art called Walking to the Sky

The public sculpture was created by American artist Jonathan Borofsky, and was originally placed in New York City – it was relocated to Dallas, Texas in 2005.
Der Hölle Rache

Queen of the Night – aria

from The Magic Flute

 composed by   

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

performed by

The Royal Opera (UK)

Diana Damrau, soprano

 The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) premiered in Vienna, Austria on September 30, 1791.

This opera in 2 acts is one of the most frequently performed operas around the world.
In the Hall of the Mountain King

from The Peer Gynt Suite

 composed by

Edvard Grieg

 Grieg wrote the music for a play called ‘Peer Gynt‘ by Henrik Ibsen. 

Peer Gynt has run away from home – and his many adventures to the four corners of the globe take him into the underground Kingdom of the Trolls.
In The Hall of the Mountain King performed by

Body Avlaia Group

 Using body percussion and chairs
In The Hall of the Mountain King animated and synchronized by

DoodleChaos

 LineRider synchronized to music
Sleigh Ride composed by

Leroy Anderson

performed by

Ferrante & Teicher Symphony Orchestra

 Sevens anyone?  🙂 

 
Lean On Me composed and performed by

Bill Withers

(live performance, 1973)

 original songs — cover songs

see this post for more information about Lean On Me
Lean On Me performed by

ArtistsCan2020

 Canadian artists joined together in April 2020 – to raise funds for Canadian Emergencies & COVID-19 Response Fund
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C# minor (Op.66) composed by

Frédéric Chopin

performed by

Rousseau

 Frédéric Chopin was a virtuoso pianist and composer.  He clearly stated that any music that was NOT published before his death was NEVER to be published. 

Fortunately for music lovers everywhere, this instruction was ignored – and Fantaisie-Impromptu WAS published.  It is one of Chopin’s most famous pieces.
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C# minor (Op.66) performed by Dmitry Shishkin & animated and synchronized by Matthew Buckley another LineRider synchronized to music

 

2021-February = It is the same song – but it sounds different! Assignment

February 9, 2021
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Think about songs you listen to … Do you know where your song started?

Often, the original artists write, perform and record their song.  It becomes very well known.

Other artists are inspired to create their own version of that song – this is called a cover.  Sometimes the new version sounds very similar … and sometimes it does not.

Click on the 3 links below for the in-class handout and videos of 2 perfomances of LEAN ON ME by Bill Withers

 

Handout = Lean On Me = It is the same song – but it sounds different

Version #1 = Lean on Me – original = Bill Withers = live performance, 1973

Version #2 = Lean on Me – cover = ArtistsCAN = national broadcast performance, 2020

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