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Percussion Instruments Exploration

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Percussion Instruments Exploration

Explore how percussion instruments make sound. Read each question, then choose, match, draw or create a rhythm.

How do they make sound?

Percussion instruments make sound when we hit, shake or scrape them.

1.Which group has only percussion instruments?

Drum, tambourine, maracas
Piano, guitar, flute
Guitar, triangle, piano

2.Match each instrument to the way you usually play it.

Maracas
Triangle
Hand drum

Tap with a beater
Hit with hands
Shake

3.Omar-Mae is helping at a recycling drive. She gently shakes a clean, sealed container with a few dry beans inside. What kind of sound-making action is she using?

Shaking
Blowing
Plucking strings

Make a rhythm

A rhythm is a pattern of sounds and silences. 🥁 means tap; – means rest (stay quiet).

4.Read this pattern aloud by tapping on 🥁 and keeping quiet on –. How many taps will you make? 🥁 – 🥁 🥁 –

5.Hamish makes this pattern: tap, rest, tap, rest. Which symbols show his pattern?

🥁 – 🥁 –
– 🥁 – 🥁
🥁 🥁 – –

6.Create your own 4-part rhythm using 🥁 for a tap and – for a rest. Write one symbol in each space.

Explore and imagine

Think about how different objects and instruments can make different sounds.

7.Which action could make a tambourine jingle?

Shake it gently
Blow across it
Pluck its strings

8.Draw a percussion instrument you would like to play. Add one sound word, such as boom, jingle or shake.

9.A soft tap and a strong tap can sound different. Circle the word for a sound that is not loud.

Soft
Loud
Fast

10.Name one safe household object that could make a gentle percussion sound, and say how you would play it.

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