Music: Age 11

6 illustrated Music lessons for Age 11.

Pulse, rhythm and ostinato The pulse is the steady beat you tap your foot to, and it never speeds up or slows down. The rhythm is the pat…
The Four Families of the Orchestra An orchestra has four families of instruments: strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion. Each family makes its…
Major Scale on Piano A major scale is eight notes that climb upward in a fixed pattern of whole steps and half steps. The half step…
Small and Large Strings In a string family, size changes pitch. A small violin sounds high, and a big double bass sounds low.…
Playing Music Together Four musicians each play or sing their own part. They listen and keep time so the parts fit into one piece.…
Three Voices in Canon A canon is one melody sung by several voices, with each voice starting a little later. The same tune repeats a…