Power Point to be played with accompanying CD

2. will be listening to. Some are well
known, while others you might not
know.
STRINGS
These instruments have strings
of different length, thickness,
and tightness made of metal.
They are stretched over a
hollow wooden body.
The violin is heard in every
orchestra as well as jazz or folk
music.
The viola d’amour often was used
to add “soulful” or romantic
tones to music.

3. about twice as
large as the
violin and
sounds much
deeper and low.
Because of it’s
size and weight,
it sits on the
floor between
the players’
legs.
The Guitar is
strummed or
plucked. It is a
favorite of folk
and rock
musicians, but is
also used to play
classical music.

4. were made from
bones and reeds,
but over time
they
have come to be
made from all
sorts of
materials –
wood, metal,
glass, clay, and
plastic.
These
instruments are
played by
blowing over a
hole into a
whistle like
mouthpiece, or
through a reed.
We will hear the
clarinet, flute,
and oboe during
this game.

5. BRASS
These instruments include the trumpet, French
horn, euphonium (a kind of tuba), and the
trombone. Slides, crooks, and valves allow these
instruments to play a wide range of notes.

6. forms and sizes,
but all make
sounds by being
shaken, struck, or
scraped.
Percussion
provides the
rhythm and a
constant beat for
music and dancing.
Included in this
list is the
Xylophone (made of
wood, bamboo, or
metal), Piano
(originally called the
“pianoforte” for it’s soft
and loud tones),
Tambourine,
Drums, Castanets
(implying Spanish
connections), and the
Gong (implying Asian
music).

7. Classical music is
filled with
unforgettable images,
from sugarplum fairies
to honking car horns.
Here are many
great examples of
pictorial music
matched to
masterpieces from
the Metropolitan
Museum of Art.

8. We are going to play
the “Can You Hear It?”
game.
First, we will look at a
picture and try to find
the first “Can you hear
it?” clue. Next, we will
listen to the music and
try to “hear” the clue.
There will be follow-up
clues that get harder.
“Seeing” these clues in
the artwork will
require a very active
imagination!

9. Thirteen pictures will set the
scene for the music.
When we finish with this
game, you will use your new
skills to listen to an
orchestra play and you will
create your own “watercolor”
illustrating what you “see”
and “feel” as you listen.

10. ♫CAN YOU HEAR the bumblebee flying
from flower to flower?

11. honking as they rush through the city
streets?

12. ♫CAN YOU HEAR the rattling skeletons,
dancing to the music of the orchestra?

13. Classical music is filled with
pictures. Pictures are filled
with classical music.
We interpret music and
images based on prior
knowledge, things we have
previously seen or heard.
How will you illustrate
music?