Mrs. Walroth
walrothc@schenectady.k12.ny.us
Grade 5 General Music
King Magnet School
The
Schenectady City School District
DIRECTIONS: You are going on a musical instrument treasure hunt! Follow the instructions for each question by opening the link under each one.
| Click on the instrument and print out an answer sheet. |
1.
Name
the four families of instruments in the orchestra:
http://www.mathcs.duq.edu/~iben/instru.ht
2.
Listen
to each of the four string instruments. Which
do you like the best? Why?
http://www.nyphilkids.org/lockerroom/main.phtml
3.
What are the differences between a violin and a viola?
http://www.datadragon.com/education/instruments/strings.shtml
4.
How
do brass players make sound with their instruments?
http://www.dsokids.com/2001/dso.asp?PageID=162
5.
Listen
to the trumpet:
http://www.dsokids.com/2001/dso.asp?PageID=162
Listen to
the French horn:
http://www.dsokids.com/2001/dso.asp?PageID=261
Which do you like better? Why?
6.
Name
six woodwind instruments:
http://DataDragon.com/education/instruments/winds.shtml
7.
Listen
to the flute:
http://www.lehigh.edu/zoellner/encyc_flute.html
Listen to the clarinet:
http://www.lehigh.edu/zoellner/encyc_clarinet.html
Which
do you like better? Why?
8.
Name
six percussion instruments:
http://www.dsokids.com/2001/instrumentchart.htm
9.
Listen
to the timpani:
http://www.dsokids.com/2001/dso.asp?PageID=173
Listen to the
snare drum:
http://www.dsokids.com/2001/dso.asp?PageID=167
Name
one difference between the way the timpani sounds and the way the
snare drum sounds.
(hint – do they both play tones?)
10.
Listen
to some of SymphonyNo. 40 in G minor by Mozart:
http://library.thinkquest.org/22673/symphonies.html
What
instruments or families of instruments do you hear the most?