Instruments of the Orchestra – Music Instrument Families – composers

(2 customer reviews)

This no-prep interactive presentation introduces your students to the instruments of the orchestra, one family at a time. Students click through each instrument to hear how it sounds, watch real performances, and learn where it came from and how it works.

What’s included

  • An interactive presentation with a clickable main menu
  • 27 instruments with audio: strings (4), woodwinds (6), brass (4), percussion (8), and keyboards (5)
  • 12 bonus instruments: banjo, guitar, ukulele, recorder, bagpipe, bugle, flugelhorn, cornet, sousaphone, accordion, melodica, and keytar
  • Video performances of solos, duets, trios, quartets, and quintets
  • Mini biographies of Yo-Yo Ma, Esperanza Spalding, and James Galway
  • A spreadsheet of sample questions and answers you can import into an assessment platform
  • Directions

Formats

  • PDF
  • Google Slides: A link is included in your download and lets you add your own copy to Google Drive.
  • PowerPoint

Important

  • The presentation must be in presentation mode for the audio and video clips to work.
  • Please preview each video in its entirety before showing it to your class.

Ways to use it

Standards (NCAS)

  • Responding: Anchor Standard 7 (perceive and analyze artistic work)

License & help

This purchase is for one teacher to use with their own students. Each teacher needs their own copy. See the full terms of sale →

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$10.50

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2 reviews for Instruments of the Orchestra – Music Instrument Families – composers

  1. Andrea H. –

    I am always on the hunt for instruments of the orchestra resources, but I’ve acquired a lot of them in the past few years. This is super engaging in a complete way, without seeming like it would take forever to get through! The instruments are presented in a very easy to understand way by instrument families, and I appreciate that I can just share the sound of each instrument with the students, or dig in a little deeper and share a video and a little more info regarding the different instruments! I love this so much, I plan to use it with my pre-band students to get them excited about the different instruments available for band! I also wanted to add that I really like that you also thought to add in the different types of percussion instruments -shakers, woods, metals, etc.- this is so perfect for my youngest students as a basis for where to start with instruments in a music room!! As usual, your resources are top-notch and a must for any music teacher! Thanks so much!!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you so much for your generous and thoughtful review! This is one of those resources that I loved creating, and I’m so happy that you’re finding it useful 🙂

  2. Jennifer H. –

    This was a great resource and the video link were very handy!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks!

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