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Homemade Instruments (Part 6)

🎵Stage Brief #99

A drum makes sound when you hit it.

🎯 Your mission

Make one good sound — then make ten more.

⚡ The twist

Slow practice = fast progress. Fast practice = slow progress.

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Listen for this

🎧 What does the instrument sound like at its loudest? Its softest?

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Artist Spotlight

🌟 Hiromi Uehara plays jazz piano so fast that audiences gasp.

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Mind = Blown

🤯 The guitar was invented over 4,000 years ago — it was made of turtle shell.

Learn about homemade instruments (part 6): compare how string, wind, and percussion instruments produce sound

What You'll Learn

A drum makes sound when you hit it. Boom, boom, boom goes the drum!

Compare how string, wind, and percussion instruments produce sound

Identify instruments in an orchestral recording

Check Your Understanding

Question 1 of 3

Does a big drum sound high or low?

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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.

Pick up something at home that can make a sound. Make a 'song' in 30 seconds.

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For the dinner table

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

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