Musical Instruments
« Previous EntriesLearning about keyboard instruments and their history
Saturday, March 20th, 2010The piano has several less known cousins which are important for us to introduce into the music classroom: the celesta, harpsichord and organ. They are great to include in music lesson plans. Discuss with students the similarities and differences among keyboard instruments. The keyboard instruments are related to each other in that they are controlled [...]
Students learning tuned percussion in the classroom?
Friday, March 19th, 2010To help students understand how timpani can be tuned, demonstrate the effect of membrane tension on pitch. With a coffee can drum (see lessons on Untuned Percussion), you can often vary the tension of the skin by simply pressing or pulling at the edges of the skin, while another student hits the drum in steady [...]
The Organ, Harpsichord and Celesta – the piano’s cousins in the music class
Friday, March 19th, 2010The piano has several less known cousins which are important for us to introduce into the music classroom: the celesta, harpsichord and organ. Discuss with students the similarities and differences among keyboard instruments. The keyboard instruments are related to each other in that they are controlled by a similarly laid-out key mechanism. Technically, however, they [...]
An unusual instrument to teach about in your music class
Thursday, March 18th, 2010Have a look at the length of the string, and discus the effect on its pitch Ask students to predict whether longer strings will create lower-pitched sounds or vice versa. Here is an interesting question to discuss with your students: Why do we use the word “high” to describe pitches of a higher frequency, when [...]
Teaching students about the orchestra and keyboard instruments in the music class
Thursday, March 18th, 2010The piano has several less known cousins which are important for us to introduce into the music classroom: the celesta, harpsichord and organ. Show and talk about the different aspects and characteristics of the keyboard instruments. The keyboard instruments are related to each other in that they are controlled by a similarly laid-out key mechanism. [...]
Learn about the sound of angels: The Harp
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010Have a look at the length of the string, and discus the effect on its pitch Ask students to predict whether longer strings will create lower-pitched sounds or vice versa. Ponder this with your students: Why do you think people use the word “low” to describe pitches of lesser frequency and “high” to describe pitches [...]
Class Music ideas about the Harpsichord and related instruments
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010The piano has several less known cousins which are important for us to introduce into the music classroom: the celesta, harpsichord and organ. Show and talk about the different aspects and characteristics of the keyboard instruments. The keyboard instruments are related to each other in that they are controlled by a similarly laid-out key mechanism. [...]
The piano and its relative instruments – a classroom music lesson
Monday, March 15th, 2010There are several other instruments which are related to the piano which are important for us to introduce to school students. They are the organ, celesta and harpsichord. Show and talk about the different aspects and characteristics of the keyboard instruments. The keyboard instruments are related to each other in that they are controlled by [...]
Music Theory for Rock Musicians
Sunday, March 14th, 2010Thoughts from our Editor Kevin Tuck: I always found it an interesting experience to play in a Rock Band. I played the drum kit in a wide variety of styles of music from rock and roll through light pop. had a background in classical music – my mother made me play piano as a young [...]
Lesson planning ideas about the Harp
Sunday, March 14th, 2010Here’s just a few ideas for writing a music lesson plan about the Harp. Discuss the effect of string length on pitch. Have the students guess if longer or shorter strings will produce higher or lower sounds. Here is an interesting question to discuss with your students: Why do we use the word “high” to [...]
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