All About the Orchestra

All About Tempo

All About Tempo From the Activity Guide: Tempo and Rhythm – Let’s Jam! Tempo is the speed of music – how fast or slow the music is. Let’s learn about tempo. Tempo Video Babies through Middle School Listen as Conductor Dan talks about two common tempos in music – andante and allegro. Clap along with […]

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Musical Activities for Different Moods: Sad

Musical Activities for When You’re Feeling Sad From the Activity Guide: Music & Activities for Different Moods This orchestra music is nice to listen to if you’re feeling sad. Activities for When You’re Feeling Sad Listen and Breathe Dvorak’s Humoresque is a beautiful light and somewhat silly piece of orchestra music. It is the perfect

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Duet Audio Playlist

Duet Spotify Playlist From the Activity Guide: Duets – Musical Teamwork for Two What is a Duet? A duet is a piece of music performed by two people. It doesn’t matter what instruments they’re playing (or voice part they’re singing) – the most important thing is that the music features exactly two people. Duets are

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Introduction to Duet – Video

Introduction to Duet – Video From the Activity Guide: Duets – Musical Teamwork for Two What is a Duet? A duet is a piece of music performed by two people. It doesn’t matter what instruments they’re playing (or voice part they’re singing) – the most important thing is that the music features exactly two people.

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Duets – Musical Teamwork for Two

We obviously love orchestra music here at Inside the Orchestra, but we also love hearing smaller groups of musicians get together and perform as well. Check out the fun duet videos and activities featuring a smaller group of musicians What is a Duet? A duet is a piece of music performed by two people. It

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Pick the Parts – Mozart Edition

Get ready to hear Mozart’s famous Rondo alla Turca like you’ve never heard it before! About Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Fast Facts: He is one of the best-known classical music composers. He was born in 1756 and if he were still alive today, he would be 264 years old! He came from a musical family

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Musical Bingo

What’s Musical Bingo? Musical Bingo is a fun way to help learners young and old to recognize the sounds of the instruments. Your musical ears will really be put to the test as you work towards being able to shout out BINGO in victory! Musical Bingo is the same as regular Bingo, except instead of

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Let’s Learn to Conduct

Have you ever wondered what a conductor does and how they do it? A conductor’s job is to help the orchestra perform beautifully, keeping the music together and bringing out the best sounds possible as a whole group. This no-prep lesson will have you conducting in no time. Find the Beat Older learners may already

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All About the Instruments – Brass and Percussion Families

We’ve explored the string and woodwind families of the orchestra and now it’s time to have some fun with the other two families of the orchestra – the brass and percussion instruments. The Brass Family The sound starts on a brass family instrument when a musician buzzes their lips into the mouthpiece to get the

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Musical Games!

Looking for musical games? Here are several options – for playing indoors, outdoors, online or offline. Use the game packet downloads to play orchestra games with your family in person, play Orchestra Memory online, or check out any of the classic music games for playing anywhere. Want more online musical games? Find them in our

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Orchestra Games

Online Musical Games We have a new online games hub! You can find it here. Starting June 1, 2022 this page will automatically redirect to the new games page. Play the Strings & Woodwinds Click on each instrument below to hear it play. Once you’ve explored, take our fun quiz to see if you can

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