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The Ukulele Adventure

🎵Stage Brief #11

A tambourine has tiny metal jingles around its frame.

🎯 Your mission

Hold it right. Hit it clean.

⚡ The twist

If you can sing it, you can play it. Sing it first.

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Listen for this

🎧 What does the instrument sound like at its loudest? Its softest?

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Artist Spotlight

🌟 Yo-Yo Ma started playing cello at age 4. By 7, he played for two US presidents.

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Mind = Blown

🤯 The guitar was invented over 4,000 years ago — it was made of turtle shell.

Learn about the ukulele adventure: compare how string, wind, and percussion instruments produce sound

What You'll Learn

A tambourine has tiny metal jingles around its frame. Shake it, tap it, or hit it against your hand to play it!

Compare how string, wind, and percussion instruments produce sound

Identify instruments in an orchestral recording

Notes on the Staff

Tap a note to hear it

Check Your Understanding

Question 1 of 3

What is a quarter note?

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Where you hear this in real life

Learning one instrument well teaches your brain how to learn EVERY instrument.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Pick up something at home that can make a sound. Make a 'song' in 30 seconds.

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For the dinner table

“What instrument would you most want to play — and why?”

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