What's That Sound? Instrument Identification Game! (5-8 Years)

This playfully engaging class will help 5 to 10-year-olds learn to identify the sounds of musical instruments with a playful group game. This game's featured instruments will change from week to week including stringed instruments, woodwind instruments, brass instruments, percussion instruments, and instruments that defy category! No previous instrument knowledge is necessary. To provide repetition, we'll play the game on a rotation, adding more when students need additional challenge.

This playfully engaging class will help 5 to 10-year-olds learn to identify the sounds of musical instruments with a playful group game. This game's featured instruments will change from week to week including stringed instruments, woodwind instruments, brass instruments, percussion instruments, and instruments that defy category! No previous instrument knowledge is necessary. To provide repetition, we'll play the game on a rotation, adding more when students need additional challenge.






KEYBOARDS & DRONES MIX: accordian, bagpipes, electric organ, harpsichord, harmonium, hurdy gurdy, celesta, piano, pipe organ
(Week of March 2-8)


STRINGS MIX: acoustic guitar, autoharp, balalaika, banjo, cuatro, dobro, double bass/upright bass, electric bass, electric guitar, guzheng, mandolin, oud, sitar, Tennessee Music Box, ukulele
(Week of March 9-15


PERCUSSION MIX: agogo/agogo bells, bodhran, bongos, cabasa, caxixi, cowbell, djembe, drum set, guiro, maracas, tabla, tambourine, timpani, triangle, zills
(Week of March 16-22)


KEYBOARDS/DRONES/STRINGS/PERCUSSION REVIEW
KEYBOARDS & DRONES: accordian, bagpipes, electric organ, harpsichord, harmonium, hurdy gurdy, celesta, piano, pipe organ /STRINGS: acoustic guitar, autoharp, balalaika, banjo, cuatro, dobro, double bass/upright bass, electric bass, electric guitar, guzheng, mandolin, oud, sitar, Tennessee Music Box, ukulele / PERCUSSION: agogo/agogo bells, bodhran, bongos, cabasa, caxixi, cowbell, djembe, drum set, guiro, maracas, tabla, tambourine, timpani, triangle, zills
(Week of March 23-29)

WIND MIX: baritone horn, bassoon, clarinet, daegem, didgeridoo, English Horn, flute, French Horn, oboe, piccolo, recorder, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, tuba
(Week of March 30-April 5)


BOW & BAR MIX: double/acoustic bass, cello, erhu, glockenspiel, haegeum, kalimba, marimba, musical saw, nyckelharpa, rebab, vibraphone, viola, violin, xylophone, 
(Week of April 6-12)


UNUSUAL INSTRUMENT MIX: chapman stick, cimbalom/hammered dulcimer, friction harp, glass armonica, harp guitar, hydraulophone, Indian morchang /mouth harp/jaw harp, ocarina, steel drum/pan drum, steel tongue, drum/tank drum/hang drum, theremin, toha/totem harp, wintergatan marble machine, yabahar, zeusaphone/musical Tesla coils
(Week of April 13-19)


WIND/BOW & BAR/UNUSUAL INSTRUMENT REVIEW: baritone horn, bassoon, clarinet, daegem, didgeridoo, English Horn, flute, French Horn, oboe, piccolo, recorder, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, tuba, double/acoustic bass, cello, erhu, glockenspiel, haegeum, kalimba, marimba, musical saw, nyckelharpa, rebab, vibraphone, viola, violin, xylophone, chapman stick, cimbalom/hammered dulcimer, friction harp, glass armonica, harp guitar, hydraulophone, Indian morchang /mouth harp/jaw harp, ocarina, steel drum/pan drum, steel tongue, drum/tank drum/hang drum, theremin, toha/totem harp, wintergatan marble machine, yabahar, zeusaphone/musical Tesla coils
(Week of April 20-26)


Students will use Zoom annotation stamps to mark their answers so it is helpful to log in using a computer rather than a tablet or phone to access that feature. If you have not previously used the annotation stamps, you can find a quick guide here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6fQIqpgQbo.