The document discusses different types of musical instruments that are used in Grade 3 music class. It describes instruments as being either pitched or unpitched. Unpitched percussion instruments make sounds through being struck, shaken, or rubbed and include rhythm sticks, tambourine, castanets, claves, triangle, wood block, drum, maracas, sand blocks and cymbals. Pitched percussion instruments produce different musical notes and include the xylophone, timpani, glockenspiel, metallophone and lyre. The lesson introduces students to the different sounds made by various musical instruments.
2. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
ANOTHER SOURCE OF SOUND
SOME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS HAVE PITCH,
WHILE SOME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS HAVE
NO PITCH, OR ARE UNPITCHED.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS THAT WE STRIKE, HIT,
OR BEAT ARE CALLED PERCUSSION
INSTRUMENTS.
9. UNPITCHED PERCUSSION
INSTRUMENTS:
DRUM
it is made of wood,
metal, steel, or
aluminum. It has animal
skin or plastic for the
drum head. Strike or hit
it with your hands or
knuckles, a mallet, or
drum sticks to produce
a booming sound.