The document discusses the four families of musical instruments: string instruments, woodwind instruments, brass instruments, and percussion instruments. It provides examples of percussion instruments, including maracas, drums, drum set, kettle drum, tambourine, cymbals, triangle, and xylophone. These percussion instruments make sound by being hit, shaken, or rubbed.

1. Quick Review:

2. Question # 1
What are the three families of instruments we have learned?
• String Instruments
• Woodwind Instruments
• Brass Instruments

3. Percussion
Instruments

4. Here are some examples of Percussion instruments

5. What are Percussion Instruments?
A percussion instrument is any object which
produces sounds by being hit, shaken and
rubbed.

6. Maracas
-dried seeds or pebbles inside the gourds
make noise when the maracas are shaken.

8. Drums
- played by beating with hands or sticks.

10. Drum set- a collection of drums and cymbals

12. Kettle drum
- a large drum that makes deep sound
- a set of kettle drum is called timpani

14. Tambourine
-played by shaking and striking with hand.

16. Cymbals
- pair of large round metals.

19. Triangle
- has a triangular shape.
-played by striking with a stick

21. Xylophone
- that has rows of bars and is played with a mallet.

23. Name the four families of instrument.

24. Woodwind Instruments Percussion Instruments
String Instruments Brass Instruments