Field Trip
Percussive Instruments
Grade Level
Middle School
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Name
Birds by Matt Heckert
Building
Buchla
Guiding Questions

What about these 'instruments' is new to you?

Do you like this sound? Why or why not?

Do you think the name "Birds" makes sense for this project? Why or why not?

Vocabulary
Vibration
Birds Matt Heckert Birds
Keytiles Brian Alexander Keytiles
Location
West Michigan, United States
Name
Keytiles by Brian Alexander
Building
Glass
Guiding Questions

How could you make a version of this instrument yourself?

What sort of material could you use?

How would you like your instrument to sound, compared to this one?

Vocabulary
Metallic
Location
Michigan, United States
Name
Object Clock by Brian Alexander
Building
Glass
Guiding Questions

What about this instrument makes it percussive?

What does this instrument remind you of/look like to you?

How does this musical selection make you feel?

Object Clock Brian Alexander Object Clock
EKHO Tunipanea Birds
Location
Bilbao, Spain
Name
EKHO by Tunipanea
Building
Spiegel
Guiding Questions

How does this instrument look like an instrument you already know?

How does it sound similar to an instrument that you already know? How does it sound different?

Describe something that surprised you about this instrument/musical selection?

Photographs courtesy of the artists.