Music
Strum plays his plume like a guitar. Guitars are string instruments that are played by strumming or plucking the strings. The first known guitar came from Spain in the 16th century and was called the guitarra latina
Cutt is the drummer in The Wild Turkeys. The drum is one of the oldest instruments and can be found in every culture across the globe.
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KeeKee plays the keytar. The keytar got its name because it is a keyboard or synthesizer that you wear with a strap like a guitar. It is many hundred of years old but became popular in 80’s.
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Gobble plays the electric mandolin. Mandolin’s are also part of the string category of instruments under the lute family. The mandolin comes from Germany and Italy. |
Yelp plays percussion. Percussion is the name of a category of instruments that can include: the triangle, bells, cymbals, gongs, shakers and tambourines. The drum is technically also part of the percussion family of instruments. |
No instruments? No problem- use your body. Here’s a great example. | Can you list percussion instruments? Check out the video and see. |
Gobble plays the electric mandolin. Sierra Hull shows the difference between the sounds of the mandolins | Check out this cool drum battle between famous drummer, Dave Grohl, and 10 year old Nandi Bushell |
| Dont have any instruments? No problem. Check out these ideas: | |
Landfill Harmonic | |
Teach the song Different is Good. Here are the music and lyrics.
Here are just the lyrics for teaching and annotating
Watch the video with the music:
Music activities for preschoolers
Make Instruments from home
Invent an Instrument
Find the Rhythm
Some great sites for music:
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker
Analyse the lyrics of a song to learn about the historical event or person it describes
Body Percussion