TREASURE HUNT!
Working in groups, you will try to solve this treasure hunt.INTRODUCTION
The word orchestra comes from the greek "ορχήστρα" and means "place to dance". In Unit 2 we learnt about chamber music. Let´s go deeper and find out information about orchestras, which are higher in size and can perform different pieces.
QUESTIONS
1) What is a musical orchestra?
2) What are the families of instruments we can find in a orchestra?
3) Draw a table and classify the name of the instruments in the families they belong to.
4) Draw an instrument of each family.
5) Choose two of the instruments you have drawn and describe them.
6) What is a conductor?
7) Listen to the "Chicago Symphony Orchestra".
7.1. - What instruments can you hear?
7.2. - Which instrument do you think is the highest?
7.3.- Which instrument do you think is the lowest?
Now answer the "Great quesstion" that is below.
RESOURCES
For question 1:
For question 2:
For questions 3 and 4:
For question 6:
THE GREAT QUESTION
What are the differences between an orquestra and a chamber group? you can draw a table.
ASSESMENT
You will get as many marks as questions you get right. The more information you add the better marks you will get.
CREDITS.
This treasure hunt has been created by Daniel Al Ramahi González.
Now you will organise all the information you have got on a cardboard paper.
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MUSIC NOTATION: INTENSITY
- In music, we use symbols to indicate if we must play loud or soft. This is called "dynamics".
Look at this symbols: they indicate that we can play very loud, medium loud or very soft.
