NST Energy Flashcards
What does the word PLUCK mean?
When we stretch and let go, the strings on an instrument create sounds.
What is a percussion instrument?
A musical instrument that you play by hitting, shaking or scraping.
What is a string instrument
A musical instrument that produces sound from string.
What is a wind instrument?
A musical instrument you play by blowing wind into it.
What does the word vibrate mean?
To move to and fro with small, fast movements.
What does the word: unique mean?
Different in its own, special way.
What does sinew mean?
A thick band of strong material in your body that joins a bone to a muscle.
How do I play a tambourine?
Shake or tap it.
How do I play a guitar?
Pluck or strum the strings
How do I play a drum?
Hit it with a stick/ hand
Name three main types of instruments
Percussion, String and Wind instruments
What is a percussion instrument?
Instrument that we shake, scrape or hit.
Give an example of a percussion instrument
:
Drum or tambourine
What is a string instrument?
We play it by plucking or rubbing the strings
Give an example of a string instrument:
Guitar or violin
What is a wind instrument?
An instrument that we blow air through
Give an example of a wind instrument
Penny whistle or tuba
What type of instrument is a drum?
Percussion
What type of instrument is a banjo?
String
What type of instrument is a saxophone?
Wind
What type of instrument is a penny whistle?
Wind
What type of instrument is a harp?
String
How do vibrations make music?
When so,etching vibrates it shakes very quickly with small forward and backward movements.
An input of movement energy (blowing, hitting, plucking or rubbing) starts the vibrations.
The vibrations move out from the instrument through the air and we hear them as sounds.
What is indigenous African music?
Designed, made and used in Africa
List three INDIGENOUS AFRICAN instruments
Mbila mutondo from Venda (marimba)
Bow (made from sticks/sinews)
Horns (often used to call people to the Kraal)
What is the musical instrument input of energy?
Hitting,shaking,plucking or rubbing
What is the output of energy of a musical instrument?
Sound is the main output of energy of all musical instruments
Tell me a flow diagram to show what happens when the strings of a guitar are plucked:
Remember to do arrows in the test!
1. Input of energy: fingers move to pluck the strings of the guitar
2. System: musical instrument (guitar)
3. Output of energy: guitar produces a sound we can hear
Tell me the flow diagram for a drum:
Remember arrows in the test!
1. Input of energy: a drum has a thin membrane or skin that is stretched tightly over the opening of something hollow. The input is when the drummer beats the membrane.
2. System: musical instrument (drum)
3. Output of energy: the membrane vibrated and makes the sound we hear.
