Lesson 17 of 84 · Instruments
⭐ 30 XP🎸 Instrument AcademyThe Orchestra Together
Hand bells are bells you hold and ring by shaking your wrist.
🎯 Your mission
Make one good sound — then make ten more.
⚡ The twist
Posture is half the battle.
Listen for this
🎧 Focus on ONE instrument at a time. Then add another.
Artist Spotlight
🌟 Hiromi Uehara plays jazz piano so fast that audiences gasp.
Mind = Blown
🤯 The piano has 88 keys, but you only need to know 12 to play any song.
Learn about the orchestra together: name the four main instrument families
What You'll Learn
Hand bells are bells you hold and ring by shaking your wrist. A group of hand bell players can make beautiful music together!
Name the four main instrument families
Identify instruments by their sound
Check Your Understanding
Question 1 of 3
What is the chorus of a song?
Where you hear this in real life
Learning one instrument well teaches your brain how to learn EVERY instrument.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Play one note (on anything) 10 times in a row. Each time, try to make it sound a little better.
For the dinner table
“What instrument would you most want to play — and why?”
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