Discovery Page:

A percussion instrument produces sound (music) when hit, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by an action which causes vibration.

Answer the Questions:

1. The word percussion comes from which language?
2. True or False. Percussion instruments were the first musical instruments.
3. Can percussion instruments have pitch?
4. Is the piano a percussion instrument?

More Discovery:

Name several percussion instruments. After you have done this, then draw pictures or craft percussion instruments. Another activity would be to write a poem that can be said to a rhythm.

Send your poems with rhythm, and your drawings to me at Music.By.Catherine@gmail.com
I'll put some of them on my blog.

Answers:
1. Latin. Percussio is to beat or strike to produce music.
2. False. The voice was the first musical instrument. The first hand-made musical instruments were probably percussion instruments.
3. Yes.
4. Yes, watch the action inside a piano. A hammer strikes the strings to produce the musical sounds.

If you have a question you would like me to answer about learning music please email me at Catherines.Music.Notes@gmail.com or Music.By.Catherine@gmail.com

Catherine

"Music lessons should be about the student. Each student learns in different ways, and at different speeds. Music is a journey, and on that journey, we will work and learn together." - Catherine

Books with CDs include:
Impressions Volume One and Two
Marches
CDs include:
Wedding Bells
Lullabies

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