European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages stars and stripes sunday March 25 2007 from in my by Batty Mim o 2007 tin my Page Pumm Kig company inc notes about keyboard instruments some instruments make music when the musician strikes the keys on a keyboard depending on the instrument music is created the same Way As it is in traditional string or wind instruments with electronic instruments music is created by Small computers that imitate the sounds of traditional instruments the piano instruments such As pianos Are played with strings that Are struck by hammers strings Are stretched out inside the instruments the longest strings play the lowest notes the shortest strings play the highest notes the thickness of the strings also affects the pitch on the biggest concert grand piano the longest strings May be 10 feet on a regular Home piano the strings might be 8 or 9 feet keys on a piano Are attached to Little Felt covered hammers when you strike a key the Hammer flies up or out and whacks the steel string inside this causes the string to vibrate the Metal strings in the piano Are so Strong and tight that they put lots of pressure on the piano this student is practising the piano the keys at the far left strike the longest strings they make the lowest notes the keys at the far right strike the shortest strings these make the highest notes if strings were attached to Wood pianos would be very hard to keep in tune if you look inside a piano you will see that the strings Are attached to Metal frames this makes it easier to keep the piano in tune the pipe Organ in an instrument such As a pipe Organ the musician presses on the keys this sends air through pipes in the same Way As air goes through other wind instruments the longest pipes in the Organ create the lowest notes the shortest pipes create the highest notes a pipe Organ May have pipes More than 30 feet Long in modern pipe organs fans blow air through the Long pipes there is a different pipe for each note the number of pipes matches the number of keys since each pipe plays Only one note a big pipe Organ will have Many sets of pipes different sets of pipes Are made in different shapes i i this Waythe Organ can produce Many different types of sounds meet Josh Hutcherson Josh Hutcherson plays Shane Fahey in the movie firehouse dog Josh 14 also plays Jesse in the new movie Bridge to Ter Bithia he has acted in the movies re Mathura a space adventure kicking and screaming and Little Manhattan he was the voice for a character in the japanese animated movie or anime howls moving Castle he also acted As a Model with Tom Hanks so the animators of the movie Polar express could film him using a technique called motion capture Josh has appeared on Many to shows including eddies father and the animal planet movie Miracle dogs he loves dogs and his family has a dog and two cats he lives with his parents and younger brother in Kentucky he enjoys writing songs and playing the guitar he also plays soccer bowls and competes in triathlons my my by my mown o 2007 my push nog company inc from my by Emty Mem c shot my Puma eng convey inc music makers words that remind us of musical instruments Are hidden in the Block below some words Are hidden backward or diagonally see if you can find note pitch vibrate strings violin Bow sound High listen ear drum guitar Pluck loud soft wind blow mouthpiece Bassoon Horn key play pedal song sing tone  i p i Danu onsets i l    Tell   Nooss Abrat i Ugek  teachers guide this weeks Standard students listen to Analyse and describe music music activities 1 draw a picture of your favorite musical instrument on a Large piece of paper around your picture write words and phrases that describe the instrument write a sentence telling Why you like it 2 interview several friends and classmates ask them what instruments they play or what instruments they would like to learn to play ask them to Tell you Why they like particular instruments what Are the most popular instruments 3 look in the classified ads in your newspaper to find ads for musical instruments categorize the instruments into four groups strings