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Hi! Let us learn about musical instruments and their unique sounds today!
Every instrument makes its own special sound. We call this special sound timbre. Timbre helps us tell instruments apart.
Instruments belong to families. Brass instruments like trumpets sound bright. Woodwinds like flutes sound soft and sweet.
You can play instruments alone or with friends. Hitting a drum or blowing a flute makes sound vibrations you can hear.
✏️ Worked example
Compare the timbre of a drum and a flute.
- Listen to the drum sound. It is deep and booming.
- Listen to the flute sound. It is high and smooth.
- Compare the two sounds. They have different timbres!
- Group the drum into percussion and the flute into woodwinds.
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