Musical Instruments in Videos

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Objective

I can identify different instruments I see and hear in a music video.

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Warm-up video

Sydney Opera House · 6:02

We don't generate video — this one is by Sydney Opera House on YouTube. The practice questions and exit ticket below were drafted by AI for this objective, and every question is editable in the teacher guide.

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Key concepts

3 concepts

  1. 1

    An orchestra is a group of musicians that play instruments together.

  2. 2

    The conductor keeps all the musicians in time and in tune.

  3. 3

    The four families of instruments in the orchestra are strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion.

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Practice

3 questions

1

Name two instrument families that you learned about in the video.

2

Which of these instruments belongs to the string family?

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Exit ticket

Quick comprehension check

Look at these pictures of instruments. Circle the instruments that you saw and heard in the video.

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