Before we do our listening, let’s review some
BrainPop pages on instrument families:
The Brass Family
What instruments are in this family?
The String Family
How many ways are there to play a stringed
instrument?
The Woodwind Family
What instruments are in this family?
Are they all made of wood?
The Percussion Family
What kinds of instruments did you see here?
Can there be other kinds of percussion instruments?
•What are some instruments you see here?
•What families do they belong to?
This is a movement, one of several that
make up the work Pictures at an
Exhibition, by Mussorgsky.
What does the word promenade mean?
Do you remember what timbre means?
Example: the clarinet has a distinct sound.
Each instrument family sounds a certain way.
Solos (one) sound different than tutti (all).
Listen for:
Solos
Instrument
families
Tap each
footprint as you
“promenade”
along with the
beat of the
music.
What solo instruments did you hear?
Remember, solo means that the instrument is played by
itself, or with the rest of the orchestra playing softly.
What groups of instruments did you hear?
Remember the instrument families, woodwind, brass,
strings, and percussion.
What instrument family didn’t you hear?
Were there any singers?
Log into BrainPop. Click on arts and music, then
making music.
You can also follow this link.
Choose an instrument family and watch the video.
Check out the other activities to learn more!
After you have watched the video and explored your
chosen instrument family, take the quiz on that
instrument family. Email the results to me at
eowyn@mail.usf.edu.
These instructions are also on my website: www.emusic.com