5th Grade General Music Classes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd9xha3vk58
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!
In the next part of our unit on the orchestra Instruments, students will be asked to identify the orchestral instruments just by their sound, or timbre (tam-bur): in the WOODWIND FAMILY: flute, clarinet, oboe, and bassoon; in the BRASS FAMILY: trumpet, French horn, Trombone, and Tuba; in the STRING FAMILY: violin, and double-bass; in the PERCUSSION FAMILY: snare drum, bass drum, timpani, cymbals, and tambourine.
Parents & students -below, I have linked some youtube videos that can help you practice by listening. The more you listen to a particular instrument, the more familiar you become, and identifying it JUST BY SOUND (TIMBRE) gets easier and easier! It also helps the student to tell closely related instruments apart. One example is that many 5th graders, at first, have a hard time telling the clarinet & oboe apart (both woodwinds). Listening practice, with a video is fun, and can really help you master this skill! Here are some hints and suggestions, to get you started:
1) to try to think of a word, or a phrase that reminds you of the sound of EACH instrument. For example, many students think the oboe is "nasally" in its tone. These mental hints can really help you tell the instruments apart from one another, just by their sound.
2) try to listen to, and to pick other videos, where that instrument is features with the melody. Specifically, you can type in three different search words,at the top of the youtube page, to help you get started: concerto, sonata, and solo. For example: trumpet concerto, bassoon concerto, flute sonata, trombone solo, violin concerto.
a concerto - features an instrument, with an orchestra accompanying the instrument (concerto often have an introduction of over a minute, before the soloist starts to play - be patient!) A concerto often has a section near the end, where the solo instrument plays alone (called a cadenza); this is a very good place to listen - so if you're short on time, then "fast forward" to the cadenza!
a sonata - features an instrument, usually with a keyboard instrument, like piano accompanying
a solo - can be any kind of music that features that instrument
3) Often, older musicians have a better developed tone - but that is not always the case! Sometimes a video will feature a young person who has a wonderful sound on the instrument. You'll know pretty quickly if the performer has a good tone, or not, to help you learn.
4) Remember, anyone can post a video to youtube, so choose carefully to help you learn the sound of each instrument! Don't be afraid to check out some unusual ones - for example, I ran across an oboe video, with a guy playing the melody from Katy Perry's song "Roar" on the oboe!! The style of the music
does NOT have to be classical, to learn to recognize an instrument's timbre!
5) Finally - it you get good at identifying an instrument, when it is being accompanied by other instruments - just think how EASY the quiz will be, when you are asked to identify the instrument - and the examples I use have ONLY that one instrument playing! If you find an interesting video - please let me know, and I may add itto the list below for others to use! A reminder: some videos start with an advertisement - you can usually "skip the add" after 5 seconds or so.
Below here links to some youtube videos, sorted by family. Have fun listening & watching - challenge your friends and family to play a video when you can't "see" it, but can only hear it, to test your new skills!
Thanks for trying this out - Mr. Flegel
WOODWIND FAMILY:
FLUTE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tgpva6GFqA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=15g0qwkhnCE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEyKM13yf_4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqMw4qvx1NA
OBOE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhygJyCvYeA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oE9jDfjpW8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jDHUUCeeHU
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kZ-orfPSLU
CLARINET
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmyHwqrKWb4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLMlo_3m0KE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdJYX9Ny4eY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGV0DjYXBLk
BASSOON
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYPBQ7NjhRI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvtRg1DQO7g
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWFWo70ArdU
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GtKbvwaycY
BRASS FAMILY:
TRUMPET
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR8H8CSojis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpZorx7_tQ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGk1zIDQQjQ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGwmjxY265Q
FRENCH HORN
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9TAN45EUMo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrs_F4xBHN
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAJT9Bk_GeQ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6DjQ1-T3z8
TROMBONE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBVU_ejKHfI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsVg5goZNGs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U_Gk-5vPWU
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUv76QcT_5c
TUBA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GzEvWXN3zY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQfjVAFmzbM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IZgQc_NMvI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=04PWhO6wd2A
BRASS ENSEMBLES
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5YqXjsJAI0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdVRaCibYLU
PERCUSSION FAMILY
SNARE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuGKVEvqnb0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=osFBNLA7woY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw6qbXQ1JKw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nJ4aHOrwW8
TIMPANI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMXhnEzITsQ
XYLOPHONE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd9xha3vk58
PERCUSSION ENSEMBLES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RmhsHNNcGg
AUXILARY PERCUSSION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK8XHULfllo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxTmv7EAtgU
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaMcOwWUNWI&list=RDHaMcOwWUNWI#t=0