Monday, March 3, 2014

March 3 - March 10 Listening/Instrumental Assignment (remember that listening assignments apply to the weeks during which the listening is assigned.)

Glockenspiel

http://www.dsokids.com/listen/by-instrument/glockenspiel.aspx

Listening: 

Please listen to the examples on the page of the link. Also watch these YouTube links:

Harry Potter theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6OuH92zQsY
Demonstrating a wide variety of Glock pieces/sounds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWgd-EhGRxY

Question: What does Glockenspiel mean? Is the glock tuned/untuned (percussion instruments can be in these two groups)?

1 comment:

  1. "To play the bells"
    It is definitely tuned. I really enjoyed when he used 2 mallets in one hand.
    That shows a lot of concentration and hand-eye coordination!

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