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Project Listen
Study Guide
Libby Blumberg
Outreach Coordinator
904.389.6222
libby@riversidefinearts.org
www.riversidefinearts.org
Mission
The Riverside Fine Arts Association seeks to enrich the spirit and enhance
the quality of life for our community through direct experience of artistic
expression.
Purpose
The association shall act as a presenter and producer of musical programs to
be performed in the facilities of The Church of the Good Shepherd and
other appropriate venues. These programs will be classical and cross cultural
in nature featuring various choral groups, chamber ensembles and vocal or
instrumental soloists. Performances will include outstanding national and
international guest artists and musicians of the highest caliber from the
Jacksonville community. Efforts will be made to utilize the Church of the
Good Shepherd's E. M. Skinner organ, to incorporate a visual arts component,
and to provide outreach to students and under served individuals and groups.
1100 Stockton Street
Jacksonville, FL 32204
Phone: 904-389-6222
Fax: 904-389-6236
libby@riversidefinearts.org
www.riversidefinearts.org
Check out these website links for fun music activities:
www.8notes.com
www.childrensmusicworkshop.com
www.musictechteacher.com
www.enchantedlearning.com/music
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Musical Instruments are classified by the way they make sounds. Like most
things in life, these classifications can be fuzzy around the edges. Is a piano
a stringed instrument? It has strings. Is it a percussion instrument? It has
hammers. Why is a saxophone a woodwind when it's made out of brass?
Some of the fuzziness is due to history: a saxophone is a woodwind because
it has a reed, and at one time most reed instruments were made of wood.
Some instruments, like the piano, are just hard to classify. Again, the major
criterion for grouping the instruments is the way in which they make their
sounds. Sounds are the result of vibrations, and in each type of instrument
the vibrations come from a different source.
Strings
Stringed instruments are characterized by having (you guessed it!) strings.
The most common string instruments in the string family are guitar, violin,
viola, cello, double bass, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, harpsichord and harp.
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At one time, most woodwinds were made of wood; hence the name. The
easiest way to characterize them now is as wind instruments (that is, you
blow into them). The woodwind instruments are flute, piccolo, clarinet,
saxophone, recorder, oboe, and bassoon.
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Most brass instruments from the Western European tradition really are
made of brass, but there are large numbers of brass-type instruments which
are made of wood, horn, shell, or other materials. Trumpet, trombone,
French horn, tuba, euphonium, flugelhorn are all brass instruments.
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Percussion instruments include just about anything you can whack with a
stick. The term "percussion instruments" may have been coined originally to
describe a family of instruments including drums, rattles, metal plates, or
wooden blocks which musicians would beat or strike to produce sound.
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Keyboard instruments produce their sounds in different ways, but they a"
have keyboards. In general they are somewhat more complicated machines
than other instruments. These include pianos, organs, electric keyboards,
and accordions.
While you are listening to music, close your eyes for a few moments and see
if you can identify each instrument as it plays throughout the piece. How
are the instruments similar? How are they different? Which instrument(s)
do you like the most?
Try dancing to fast music. Would you skip, hop, or march?
Maybe the music is slow and you want to slide, sway, or turn. Choreograph a
short dance with your friend that shows the tempo and mood of the music.
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Does the music make you think of a color or a place? Have fun drawing a
picture while you listen to music. Show it to your family and friends. Let
them hear the music and travel to that magical place with you.
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Concert Manners
There is nothing difficult about watching a concert but it is important to
remember that music needs silence, and it is up to you as an audience
member to contribute to the silence; both the musicians and the audience
need to concentrate on the music.
When do I clap?
This can be the most confusing part of attending a concert; when do I clap?
At many concerts the audience claps when the music stops, but with classical
music you wait to clap until the very end of the piece (watch for the
musician(s) to take his or her hands away from the instrument).
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the music is playing remember these important manners:
Be quiet.
Stay still and in your seat at all times.
Don't clap until the whole piece is over.
Sounds and activities that get in the way:
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Cell phones (TURN THEM OFF)
Talking (The music can get you so excited that you want to
share your feelings with the person sitting next to you, but wait
until the end of the concert) - this includes whispering.
Unwrapping candy or eating
Fidgeting
Passing notes
Entering or leaving
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Ways to Listen
There are so many ways to enjoy a concert and Iisten to what appeals to you
most in the music. Here are a few tips to consider while enjoying the music:
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Close your eyes and see what visual images come to mind.
Watch the performer(s), feel their energy and intensity; watch how
they play their instruments to create different sounds.
Listen for:
o Loudness & softness
o Changesand transformations
o Recognition of something heard earlier
o Different rhythms and tempos of the music
o Patterns
o Moods and feelings
o Melodies
o Conversation of the music (what are the musicians saying?)
Sometimes music can trigger a memory.
Music can change your mood. Think about whether or not the music is
making you happy or sad.
Be a Music Critic:
You might not like every kind of music but it helps to hear all different
types of music to establish your taste. Everybody's taste is different, so
you might love it and your neighbor might think differently. That's okay.
Your opinion matters.
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