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Elementary Music Virtual Learning Statement:
Through remote learning, the general music team is committed to helping students continue creating, performing, responding, and connecting to music as aligned to state and national standards. The elementary music specialists will encourage growth through the elements of rhythm, melody/pitch, movement, and creativity across all grade levels. We will continue to encourage our students to develop their love and life-long enjoyment of the arts during this unprecedented time.
Musical Instruments
What is a Musical Instrument?
A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make musical sounds. Really, any object that makes sound can be considered a musical instrument—it is how it is used that the object becomes a musical instrument.
Flying Instruments- a Tetris-like game with three levels-matching by instrument family, by instrument, and by sound.
Orchestra Game- listen and identify the instrument played.
Fun Brain: Musical Instruments Word Scramble- given a clue, unscramble the word to reveal the instrument.
Fun Brain: Instruments Stay Afloat- play hangman to name the instruments.
Quia Instrument Quiz- a 21 question quiz on the orchestra instrument families.
Sphinx Kids Instrument Gallery- learn about the 4 orchestral string instruments, their history, and their instrument parts.
Sphinx Kids Instrument Storage Room- learn about the different instruments in the orchestra, how they sound, their history, and their instrument parts.
Sphinx Kids Practice Room- select a student to hear them describe and play his/her string instrument.
Sphinx Kids Music Match- match the instrument with the sound.
SFS Concert Stage- listen to performances and view instrumentalist interviews.
Carnegie Hall's Listening Adventures: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra- learn about the different instruments and families.
Arts Alive Guess the Instrument- multiple choice choose instrument played.
Arts Alive Instrument Lab- learn about the instruments and instrument families, view virtual instruments from all directions, and listen to the instruments being played.
Animated Science Orchestra- fill in the blank instrument quiz.
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