Introduction

In this activity you will become more familiar with the Brass Family Instruments by sight and sound. You will learn how Brass Instruments produce their sound. You will also learn a fact about each brass instrument.
 
 
 
 

Your job will be to 

• locate each of the instruments below
• find two facts about each instrument
• find a site to listen to the instrument

The Brass Instrument Family Includes

• Trumpet/Cornet
• French Horn
• Trombone
• Tuba

1. You will go to 2 or more of the web sites
• Check off the web sites you visit
2. Find each of the 4 brass instruments
• Check off each instrument as you find it
3. Learn 2 facts about each of the instruments
• How is the vibration (remember that vibration makes sound) made on brass instruments?
• List one cool fact that you found
4. Listen to each of the instruments
• Check off the web site where you listened
5. Make sure your check list is complete 

Check out these web sites for instrument information (sound bytes may not work on these three sites). 

NY Philharmonic Kids Site
Playmusic
tqjunior. thinkquest

datadragon
Lehigh University

 

Evaluation

Is your checklist complete?  Did you follow directions? 
A score of 20 is great!  A score of 15 -19 is good work.
 

	Unplugged 1	One speaker 2	Stereo 3	Surround Sound 4	Score
Visited 2 or more web sites	What are web sites?		I visited 1 web site.	I visited 2 or more web sites.
Checked off all 4 Brass Instruments	What kind of instrument were we looking for?	I found 1 instrument.	I found 2-3 instruments.	I found all 4 instruments.
Found 2 facts about each instrument	What's a fact?	I found 2 facts about  only 1 instrument.	I found 2 facts about only 2-3 of the instruments.	I found 2 facts about each of the 4 instruments.
Listened to a sound byte for each instrument 26A.2c	What is a sound byte?	I listened to 1 instrument.	I listened to 2-3 of the instruments.	I listened to all 4 instruments.
Checklist is complete	Was I supposed to put my name on the checklist?	I filled in 1 section.	I filled in  2-3 of the sections.	I filled in all 4 sections.

Conclusion

By researching these instruments, you should have reinforced your previous knowledge. Did you recognize the instruments by sight?  Did you recognize the instruments by sound? Were you surprised at the facts that you found?   Did you notice how each instrument's mouthpiece was different?  How will the mouthpiece make a difference? How does the length of the tubing make a difference in the sound?  What else do you still want to know?
 

For fun try the Instrument guessing game at Thinkquest

or at Lehigh University

Thanks to:

NY Philharmonic
Lehigh University
Thinkquest
Playmusic
Datadragon