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Maraca Shaking (Part 5)

🎵Stage Brief #83

A piano has black keys and white keys.

🎯 Your mission

Slow first. Speed later.

⚡ The twist

If you can sing it, you can play it. Sing it first.

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Listen for this

🎧 Focus on ONE instrument at a time. Then add another.

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Artist Spotlight

🌟 Jimi Hendrix played guitar UPSIDE DOWN because he was left-handed.

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Mind = Blown

🤯 The piano has 88 keys, but you only need to know 12 to play any song.

Learn about maraca shaking (part 5): compare how string, wind, and percussion instruments produce sound

What You'll Learn

A piano has black keys and white keys. Press the keys to make sounds!

Compare how string, wind, and percussion instruments produce sound

Identify instruments in an orchestral recording

Check Your Understanding

Question 1 of 3

Is a cymbal crash loud or soft?

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Where you hear this in real life

Learning one instrument well teaches your brain how to learn EVERY instrument.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Play one note (on anything) 10 times in a row. Each time, try to make it sound a little better.

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For the dinner table

“What instrument would you most want to play — and why?”

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