Musical mysteries Musical Mysteries is a lively interactive site allowing pupils to have fun, while exploring basic musical concepts in sound, rhythm and mood. The site provides opportunities too for pupils to investigate a range of orchestral instruments
The instruments of an orchestra are divided into four different families: brass, woodwind, string and percussion. Members of the families are constructed out of similar materials, and produce sound in similar ways. Ready to learn more? The multimedia capa
From "accordion" to "xylophone," Classics for Kids (companion website to the weekly radio show) describes more than fifty orchestra instruments.
Best reason to visit the Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids site is the terrific assortment of audio snippets for each instrument: a short solo riff; Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star; and a few seconds of the instrument playing with an orchestra.
Take a virtual, animated visit to the instrument storage room of the New York Philharmonic.
Listen to the audio sample, and then match it to the picture of the correct instrument.
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