Rockin' the Schools: K-4 Rock and Roll Band! Meet the Instruments

TEACHERS SHOULD PREVIEW ALL CONTENT PRIOR TO SHARING WITH STUDENTS.

Suggested Grade Level: K-4

This research guide serves as a resource for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's Education Department course, Rock and Roll Band! Meet the Instruments. For additional information on the course and for more teacher resources, see http://www.rockhall.com/education/inside-the-classroom/rockin/MTI/

In this exciting, interactive class, elementary school students examine the instrumentation of a rock band, discovering the low notes of the bass guitar, the pounding rhythms of the drums and percussion, the melodies and harmonies of guitars, keyboards, and more.  Students have fun learning about the characteristics of the instruments and their sounds - and even perform along with the band!  By investigating how musicians arrange the various instruments of a band, students discover how the different parts of classic rock and roll songs are created.  This class includes historic video performances by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees, as well as live performances and demonstrations by the Rock Hall education ensemble.  At the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum kids really do get a chance to ROCK! 

These research databases can be accessed within the Library and Archives.

These resources, pulled from class discussion and selected from the Library and Archives' collections, will help you to:

• Identify the instrument families in a rock band and the major instruments in each family.
• Explain what it means to arrange the instruments.
• Describe the basic properties of sound energy and how specific instruments make sound.

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