Lesson 5 of 100 · Instruments

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Xylophone Colors

🎵Stage Brief #5

A piano has black keys and white keys.

🎯 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 xylophone colors: play a melody on a pitched instrument

What You'll Learn

A piano has black keys and white keys. Press the keys to make sounds!

Play a melody on a pitched instrument

Describe the role of each section in an ensemble

Check Your Understanding

Question 1 of 3

Can you make music with your hands?

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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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