Study the musical selection for one week.
Over the week:
Music lessons over the next two years group musical instruments into five major categories: strings, keyboards, percussion, brass, and woodwinds.
Percussion instruments include instruments played by striking with the hand or with a handheld or pedal-operated stick or beater, or by shaking, including drums, cymbals, xylophones, gongs, bells, and rattles.
Examine the images of percussion instruments below.
Activity 1: Study the Parts of a Xylophone
Activity 2: Listen to a Solo Xylophone Clip
Listen to the solo xylophone melody below.