Hello! I’m Charlotte St Clair. Today I have to choose a musical instrument to learn to My Activity Sheet play. Can you help? by
Some instruments are played by blowing Percussion instruments keep the 2 air into the mouthpiece. These are called 4 music playing to the rhythm of the wind instruments. Follow the lines to beat. There are 2 types of percussion find out what the shawm looks like. instruments carved in the Chapel: the pipe and tabor, and the drum. First we need to find the musical Psaltery Shawm Drum The pipe and tabor were often played 1 angels in the Chapel. Go to the together at medieval dances. The pipe Lady Chapel and look at the tops is a wind instrument and the tabor is a of the pillars. Can you find 3 angels type of snare drum. They are sometimes playing these instruments? considered to be the first one-man band!
_ i _ l _ _ The drum is the most common Gittern Find an angel playing a shawm percussion instrument, and is still used in today to keep rhythm. One of the angels is playing a very Scottish h _ _ p 3 instrument. Do you know its name? Add a design to this drum Rebec
_ u i _ _ r Bagpipes have ancient origins, and are mentioned in the Bible. They were often Psaltery used for folk dances! Today, the bagpipes Now match the medieval string are a popular symbol of which country? instrument to its modern version and Circle your answer. fill in the missing letters of its name? England Wales Scotland
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Sometimes you don’t need an I have chosen the instrument I want to I have chosen 8 the bagpipes. 5 instrument to make music – you just 7 learn! Can you lead me through need your beautiful voice! Look for the maze to reach it? Which instrument would you choose? the singing angels in the Lady Chapel.
How many can you find?
(Clue – they are holding books of music.)
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Can you do the musical crossword? 6 Draw it here 1 2 Down 3 1 A very Scottish instrument 2 This was played with the pipe 3 It’s like a medieval guitar 4 5 4 Blow through this to make music 6 Across 7 5 Looks a bit like a harp 6 You use this to sing 7 Hit this with a stick to keep rhythm
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