MUSICElements, History, and Performance

Timbre- Sound Quality • Instrument Families

STRINGSViolinViolaCelloBassHarpGuitarBanjoPiano

WINDSaxaphoneFluteOboeClarinetBassoonBagpipesRecorder

VIBRATIONSTrumpetFrench HornTubaTromboneBaritone

STRIKEDrumXylophoneTriangleCymbalsMaracasTambourine

Pitch- High or Low Sound

Texture- How many sounds?

Tempo- Fast or Slow?

Whole Note

Half Note

Quarter Note

Eighth Note

Sixteenth Note

Thirtysecond Note

Duration- Long or Short?

Structure- Musical Plan

Dynamics- Loud or Quiet?

Famous Deaf Musicians- Then & Now

Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827GermanClassical ComposerPiano & Violin

Evelyn Glennie1965ScottishPercusionistDrums, Xylophone, etc…

Learn THE CUP SONGhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmSbXsFE3l8