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What is a percussion instrument?
Anything you can
strike, shake, or scrape!
Listen to
Percussion
Watch the videos and listen for different types of percussion instruments
Environmental
Percussion
Body
Percussion
Pitched
Percussion
Non-Pitched
Percussion
Found
Sounds
See how sounds are made
for Movies
this is a really awesome video
Make
Sounds Happen.
Dog Panting Sound Effect
Running in Water Sound Effect
With sound effects,
this picture comes to life.
SKELETON DANCE
USE YOUR PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS TO PLAY ALONG TO A CLASSIC DISNEY SONG
WOW!
Chair Percussion!
PLAY A CATCHY TUNE
USE YOUR OWN PERCUSSION INSTURMENTS...ONES YOU HAVE MADE OR ONES YOU ARE BORROWING FROM MRS. KEMP
Try some Body Percussion
What is Rhythm?
Watch theTEDed video about Visualizing Rhythm to find out!
Pianos
are percussion instruments because they have hammers that strike each string when the player presses a key
AND
they are string instruments because they have strings that play notes when a hammer strikes them
STRINGS
HAMMERS
KEYS
Makes ya go hmmm
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