Purpose: Acquaint students with tonal characteristics
of various instruments.
Unit: Five Elements of Music
Theme:
Tone Color (timbre)
Objectives/Standards:
26 A 2c: classify music sound sources
into groups
Activities: Students will use computer lab to listen to
and analyze different instruments.
Materials:
CD ROM – Printed worksheet – Indiv. Headphones for listening
Resources: Computer Lab – Microsoft CD ROM – Musical
Instruments
Time:
4 – 30 minutes time periods
Procedure: Students will identify and listen to
representative instruments for m each musical family. They will be given a list of instruments that are required and an
optional list if time permits. Each
student will write a paragraph describing the overall general sound of the
family of instruments.
Assessment/Evaluation: Students will successfully be able to
distinguish the sound characteristics of each family of instruments.