Your nickname is
your COLOR
1. RED
2. ORANGE
3. YELLOW
4. GREEN
5. BLUE
6. PURPLE

Use your worksheet to write down as many answers as you can! 

You can use your worksheet on the Kahoot Quiz
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The winning team gets a gold gem!

Orchestra
An orchestra is a group of musicians who play string, woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments together. 
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There are FOUR instrument families in an orchestra:
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1. Strings
2. Woodwinds
3. Brass
4. Percussion
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The STRING FAMILY is the largest family in the orchestra
​Look at how much space they take up in the orchestra diagram! 

Instrument Families

Instrument families are groups of instruments that share similar characteristics

Concert Master​

The violinist who sits in the 1st chair in the string section has a very important job. He or she is called a concert master and they make sure the orchestra is in tune. Watch the video!

Conductor
The conductor keeps the orchestra together. The conductor uses his or her arms to show the musicians when to stop and start, how fast or slow to play, and how loud or soft to play.

Baton
A baton is a stick that the conductor waves to keep the orchestra together. The conductor moves the baton to the tempo of the music

Tempo
The speed of the music

​Music can be played at any speed from super slow to super fast!

Composers use Italian words like these to tell the musicians how fast or slow to play the music

Composer
The person who writes the music

Timbre
Every instrument has an unique sound, also know as timbre. Listen how each instrument sounds different.

Try describing the timbres you hear with these adjectives: 
high, low, rich, shrill, bright, airy, nasal, mellow, thin, harsh, buzzy, etc... 

Test Your Knowledge!!!

Some of these questions will be on the Kahoot quiz

​Brass and Woodwind Names

String and Percussion Names

ALL Instrument Names

Brass and Woodwind Sounds

String and Percussion Sounds

ALL Instrument Sounds

Instrument Families

Flying Fruit
Balloon Pop

KSO Concert

These are the songs you will hear on March 5th when you go watch the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. Listen to each song and remember the composers' names!

Composer: Antonin Dvorak
Song: Slavonic Dance No. 8

Composer: Aram Khachaturian
Song: Sabre Dance

Composer: Dai Wei
Song: The Dancing Moonlight

Composer: Edvard Grieg
Song: The Last Spring

Composer: Johann Strauss
Song: Radetzky March

Composer: Reena Esmail
Song: Ram Tori Maya

Composer: Aaron Copland
Song: Rodeo from Hoedown

Composer: Alberto Ginastera
Song: Malambo