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All About the Instruments – String and Woodwind Families

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Instrument Families Orchestra instruments are grouped into four main families: the string family, the woodwind family, the brass family, and the percussion family. Today, we will learn about the string and woodwind families. The String Family String family instruments are any instruments that use vibrating strings to create their sound. In an orchestra, the most

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All About Rhythm

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All About Rhythm From the Activity Guide: Tempo and Rhythm – Let’s Jam! Rhythm in music is patterns of long and short notes combined together. Rhythm is what gives the music it’s groove. Rhythms can be simple- a song like Twinkle, Twinkle Litte Star has the same quarter note rhythm throughout the whole piece. Or

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Bird Songs – French

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Les compositeurs à travers l’histoire ont utilisé leur musique pour raconter une histoire ou pour imiter les sons qu’ils entendaient autour d’eux. Certains des sons les plus utilisés que les compositeurs ont imités dans leur musique étaient les chants d’oiseaux. Chants d’oiseaux dans la musique d’orchestre Écoutons quelques chants d’oiseaux dans la musique d’orchestre! Beethoven

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Scavenger Hunt – French

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Partons à la chasse au trésor! Vous pouvez rester dans votre propre maison ou dans votre cour ou partir pour une aventure encore plus grande à l’extérieur. Une fois que vous avez rassemblé vos articles, vous pouvez faire tellement de choses créatives. Merci à l’artiste Heather Hughes d’avoir travaillé avec nous sur ce guide d’activités

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Bird Songs – French

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Les compositeurs à travers l’histoire ont utilisé leur musique pour raconter une histoire ou pour imiter les sons qu’ils entendent autour d’eux. Certains des sons les plus courants que les compositeurs ont imités dans leur musique sont les cris d’oiseaux. La musique d’il y a des centaines d’années jusqu’à la musique écrite aujourd’hui présente des

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Music From Around the World Part Two

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Let’s explore music and arts from Japan, Australia, India, and the United States. Check out Music From Around the World Part 1 here. Japan Shojoji is a Japanese nursery rhyme about a hungry raccoon-dog, called a tanuki. In the song, the tanuki taps on its belly like a drum. At Tiny Tots, we featured the

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Percussion Activities – Babies through Preschool

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Percussion Activities – Babies through Preschool Find the full activity guide here: Time to Drum! Pom Pom Drum Painting This is a fun activity to involve your littlest ones in both music and art-making at the same time! This tutorial makes drum sticks out of pom-poms and wooden dowels, but you can make them with

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Percussion Instruments of the Orchestra

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Percussion Instruments of the Orchestra Find the full activity guide to go with these videos here: Time to Drum! Find other fun and educational videos here. Percussionist Peter Cooper tells us about the percussion instruments you’ll find in an orchestra in these two videos. Find the full activity guide to go with these videos here:

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Musical Math – Toddlers through Preschool

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Musical Math For Toddlers through Preschool Find the full Activity Guide to go along with this story here: Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin! Basic counting is an important part of music. Use this simple, visual counting chart to help your little one explore the numbers 1 through 4 through a musical lens. There are many ways to

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