Actions through instruments

1. Music vocabulary
words
Actions for playing
instruments!
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2. Play an instrument
To perform on a
musical
intrument.

3. Blow an instrument
To make
sound from
an instrument
when air is
forced into it.

4. Bow an instrument
To play an
instrument
using a
bow

5. Hit an instrument
To bring
one’s hand
or a tool
into
contact
with an
instrument

6. Pluck an instrument
To sound a
musical
instrument
or its
strings with
one’s finger
or a
plectrum
Plectrum

7. Scrape an instrument
To move one’s hand
or an object
back and forth
against a surface of
an instrument to
make it sound.

8. Shake an instrument
To move an
instrument up and
down or from side to
side with forceful and
jerky movements.
Tambourine
Shake-it
Maracas

9. Sing
To make musical
sounds with the
voice.

10. Orchestra/ Match the instruments with the correct sounds.
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