A band uses the brass, woodwind, and percussion families.

 

 
 

John Philip Sousa was also famous for his wraparound tuba, the sousaphone.

Put together the jigsaw puzzle picture of a marching band with a sousaphone player.

 

 

 
 

 The U.S. military has bands.

John Philip Sousa led the U.S. Marine Band.

The Marine Band was connected to the U.S. President and is called The President’s Own.

This matching game shows some presidents from Sousa’s time.

 

 

Remember the brass family?

The sousaphone is part of the brass family.

The brass instruments play in the concert band and marching band.


Click the play button and drag the picture you hear to the jar.

 

 

Remember the woodwinds family?

The woodwind instruments play in the concert band and marching band.


Drag a picture from the answer bank up to each sentence.

Check your answer by clicking on the Check button.

Go to the next sentence by clicking on the blue arrow.

 

 

Drag the words from the word bank into the blank spaces.

Click the blue Check button to check your work.

 

 

 
 

Every instrument has a voice. That voice is called timbre.

Click each yellow play button to hear a timbre and guess what instrument (or instruments) you hear.

 

 

 Click the instrument family box to drop the instrument where it belongs.

 

 

Create a rhythm for the percussion instruments.

Click on some white spaces to fill them in with color.

Click the yellow play button to hear your work.

 

 

 

 You tried it, so let’s check it!