MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

Percussion

1 Look at the selection of percussion instruments shown. Listen to them and learn their names.

The sound of percussion instruments occurs when they are hit, rubbed, tapped or shaken.

Percussion groups

1 Think about the different ways of making sounds on percussion instruments. Write how we play the instrument in your notebook.

Professions: Percussionist

Becoming a professional percussionist requires lots of intense preparation, to master the technique of playing various instruments.

2 Look, listen and order the percussion groups in your notebook.

Gamelan b a a b c

Orchestral percussion

This group is made up of a wide variety of orchestra instruments, idiophones and membranophones.

Latin percussion

This group is made up of characteristic instruments from Latin American music. They are an evolution of African music.

PLAY THE PART!

Women on the drums!

5-minute stop

Step 1 Step 2

Go to www.anayaeducacion.es, look for and read the information about some of the most relevant female percussionists of the 20th century.

In groups of four, pick at least three percussionists. Look for information and pictures of them on the Internet. Create a collage using the pictures and information you consider relevant.

How did you feel while working on this activity about female percussionists? Draw the face in your notebook and explain. Step 3

Create an exposition as a class using the collages you’ve made in groups.

Xxxxx

At the end of the exposition, discuss the following questions:

• Did any of you know any of these percussionists before working on this project?

• Do you think female percussionists are equally as famous as male percussionists?

qué escalofrío!

1 Listen. act, sing and play along.

Este árbol gigante tiene un agujero, escucho susurros ¡cuentan un secreto! Me voy acercando, aunque siento el frío; sigo oyendo voces ¡ay, qué escalofrío!

Sí, dime, na-naraná, (bis) Sin miedo, na-naraná. (bis)

Me estoy asomando, parece una gruta. Veo al que me llama, ¡tiene una batuta! Cantan y se ríen, ahora escucho bien; suenan como un coro, ¡parece que hay cien!

Chorus

Sacadles los «dulces», cosas para el fuego, ¡quedaos afuera almas de los muertos! Druidas cantando, encienden hogueras; ¡No salgáis de casa, Halloween ha vuelto!

Chorus

Alter the day of the dead, come with me to the forest.

Find recommendations to sing in tune at

You can’t find them, they come on a dark ninght.

In a canon, different singers sing the same music but at different times.