• Percussion Instruments Grades 3-5

     

    • Hello Everyone!!! We are going to talk about the percussion family today.

    -The percussion family has more instruments than any other family. There are hundreds of different instruments from all over the world. Remember, a percussion instrument is anything you can hit, scrape or shake.

    •     To get us warmed up to learn about percussion, we are

               going to listen to a song that has all sorts of percussion

                instruments in it:

                 

    Percussion Instruments Grades 3-5

     

    • Hello Everyone!!! We are going to talk about the percussion family today.

    -The percussion family has more instruments than any other family. There are hundreds of different instruments from all over the world. Remember, a percussion instrument is anything you can hit, scrape or shake.

      •     To get us warmed up to learn about percussion, we are going to listen to a song that has all sorts of percussion instruments in it: 

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0vK4tjJZvI

                The song is called "Turn the Beat Around" by Gloria Estefan. 

     

               

       * Next we are going to learn about the two main types of percussion instruments, pitched and unpitched. 

    • Pitched and Unpitched: One thing to keep in mind is that percussion instruments are either pitched or unpitched.

    -A pitched percussion instrument can play a melody or tune that you can sing along to. Examples would be: xylophone, boomwhackers,   glockenspiel and the marimba.

    - An unpitched instrument can play only one sound. Examples would be: maracas, sandblocks,

         and the triangle.

                

     

    This video shows a variety of percussion instruments from all over the world. Can you tell the difference between pitched and unpitched instruments and name some of them?

      

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlZk0ihiARI

     

    QUESTIONS:

      1. Name 1 percussion instrument you saw in the Gloria Estefan video. 

      2 . Name 3 unpitched percussion instruments, (not the ones I listed!!)

       3. Name 3 PITCHED percussion isntruements that you saw in the video. (not ones that I listed!!!) 

      4. A percussion instrument is any instrument that you _______, ________, or __________. 

      5. Higher Order Thinking!! What about the piano? It has strings, but you HIT the keys to play it. Is it a percussion

        instrument or not??