Lesson 81 of 100 · Instruments

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Homemade Instruments (Part 5)

🎵Stage Brief #81

Shakers rattle when you shake them.

🎯 Your mission

Make one good sound — then make ten more.

⚡ The twist

Slow practice = fast progress. Fast practice = slow progress.

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Listen for this

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

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Artist Spotlight

🌟 Hiromi Uehara plays jazz piano so fast that audiences gasp.

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Mind = Blown

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

Learn about homemade instruments (part 5): name the four main instrument families

What You'll Learn

Shakers rattle when you shake them! Fill a cup with rice and you have a homemade shaker.

Name the four main instrument families

Identify instruments by their sound

Check Your Understanding

Question 1 of 3

Is stamping your feet making a beat?

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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.

Play one note (on anything) 10 times in a row. Each time, try to make it sound a little better.

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For the dinner table

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

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