Listening Map: Promenade From Pictures at an Exhibition

Instrument Families Before we do our listening, let’s review some BrainPop pages on instrument families: The Brass Family What instruments are in this family? The String Family How many ways are there to play a stringed instrument? The Woodwind Family Are they all made of wood? The Percussion Family What kinds of instruments did you see here? Can there be other kinds of percussion instruments?

Instrument Families What are some instruments you see here? What families do they belong to?

Promenade This is a movement, one of several that make up the work Pictures at an Exhibition, by Mussorgsky. What does the word promenade mean? Do you remember what timbre means? Example: the clarinet has a distinct sound. Each instrument family sounds a certain way. Solos (one) sound different than tutti (all).

Listen for: Solos Instrument families Tap each footprint as you “promenade” along with the beat of the music.

What did you hear? What solo instruments did you hear? Remember, solo means that the instrument is played by itself, or with the rest of the orchestra playing softly. What groups of instruments did you hear? Remember the instrument families, woodwind, brass, strings, and percussion. What instrument family didn’t you hear? Were there any singers?

Assignment Log into BrainPop. Click on arts and music, then making music. You can also follow this link. Choose an instrument family and watch the video. Check out the other activities to learn more! After you have watched the video and explored your chosen instrument family, take the quiz on that instrument family. Email the results to me at eowyn@mail.usf.edu. These instructions are also on my website: www.emusic.com

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