Year 5

To imitate world percussion using sound sources in the home

Year 5

To imitate world percussion using sound sources in the home

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will begin with a warm-up song. Then we will explore the families of the orchestra - in particular, the percussion family. Lastly, we will explore how the instruments are classified and sort some of our own sound sources in the home based on their timbre.

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5 Questions

Q1.
What was the title of our warm up song?
Captain go sidetrack your plane
Captain go sidetrack your ship
Correct answer: Captain go sidetrack your train
Q2.
Which of these is not a family of the orchestra?
Brass
Percussion
Correct answer: Simpson
Q3.
Which of these instruments does not belong to the percussion family?
Correct answer: Flute
Timpani Drum
Woodblock
Q4.
What does percussion really mean?
Correct answer: Musical instruments played by striking with the hand or with a stick or beater, or by shaking, including drums, cymbals, xylophones, gongs, bells, and rattles.
Musical instruments that produce sounds from vibrating strings
When an instrument is played loudly
Q5.
What does timbre mean?
Correct answer: The particular tone that distinguishes a sound (the sound quality)
Whether a note is high or low
Whether a note is loud or soft

5 Questions

Q1.
Which warm up did we start with today?
Correct answer: Captain go sidetrack your train
Don't clap this one back
Vocal percussion
Q2.
Which of these is not a percussion instrument?
Agogo Bell
Correct answer: Cello
Djembe
Q3.
What does timbre mean?
How fast or slow the music is
How loud or quiet a sound is
Correct answer: The quality of a sound, such as 'metallic' or 'hollow'
Q4.
Which of these instruments did we NOT try to imitate from home sound sources?
Agogo
Djembe
Correct answer: Triangle
Q5.
Which imitated instrument did we use to accompany 'Captain Go Sidetrack Your Train' at the end?
Agogo bell
Djembe
Correct answer: Ganza