The following answers are located in the articles. Read through the articles to answer each question: Which instrument looks like a snake?
Which instrument is played by winding a crank?
Which instrument “is a loud reed-cap instrument with a double reed”?
Which instrument was an instrument used by priests in Biblical times?
Which instrument uses an animal bladder?
Which instrument uses strings and was used in ancient times?
Which instrument uses a bow and originated in Asia?
Choose five instruments that you haven’t heard about before or that you want to know more about. Read the article for these five instruments and answer the following questions:
What is the instrument?
Describe the instrument. What does it look like? What does it sound like?
How is the instrument played? Was it used in particular types of music?
Listen to the sound clip for each instrument. Which instrument’s sound do you like the best? Why? How would you describe the sound? (For example, it is a warm or cool tone? What color does the sound remind you of? Does the instrument sound like anything in nature or another instrument? Etc.)