5/18-5/22 Music activities

Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
By Benjamin Britten

We'll be reviewing some of our musical instruments by listening to the "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra". We will start this week by listening to the strings family. Watch the two videos below for an introduction to our unit from Ms. Han and also an introduction to the strings family. 

Ms. Han's intro

Strings family intro
3.) LISTEN: 
  • One important thing to know about the song is that it is a Theme and Variation. This means that there is a main melody that will be our “theme”. Variations are different versions of the theme. They might sound similar, but not at all the same. Today we will be listening to the main theme and a “variation” played by the strings. ​
​

Theme

strings variation (start at 5:00)
4.) Color:
Print out this sheet that has all our string instruments that we've learned about so far. 
4.) Listen: Orchestra Learn: Zin Zin a Violin 
Here’s a great read aloud for you that introduces many instruments of the orchestra. Listen and watch carefully to see if you can find all the string instruments that we’ve learned about. We’ve also attached some visuals and worksheets that you can do as well.