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Detailed lesson plan in MAPEH 4

I. Objective
At the end of the lesson, the pupils are expected to:
a. Define the meaning Percussion instruments.
b. Classify the examples of percussion instruments.
c. Identify the sound of percussion instruments.

II. Subject matter

 Topic: Percussion instruments
 Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_percussion_instruments
https://promusicvault.com/percussion-instruments/
 Materials: Laptop, power point presentation
 Value: Appreciate the different types of percussion instruments

III. Procedures
Teacher’s activities Student’s activities
A. Routines

1. Greetings
 Good afternoon class!  Good afternoon teacher!

 How are you today?  We are fine!

2. Prayer
 Our Father, who art in heaven,
Before we start our lesson let’s have
hallowed by Thy name, Thy
first our prayer lead by Angelo.
kingdom come, Thy will be done
on Earth as it is in Heaven. Give
us this day, our daily bread and
forgive us our sins as we forgive
those who sinned against us. Do
not bring us to the test but
3. Attendance
deliver us from evil. Amen.
 Let’s see who are absent for today
 No one is absent teacher.
 Very good!

B. Review
 Class what did you remember to  Teacher its all about string
our last topic? instruments or Chordophones.
 great!

 What are the string instruments?  musical instruments that

produce sound from vibrating
strings
 Very good!
 Class always remember that some
Musicians play string instruments
by plucking the strings with their
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fingers or a plectrum—and others

by hitting the strings with a light
wooden hammer or by rubbing the
strings with a bow. In some
keyboard instruments, such as the
harpsichord, the musician presses
a key that plucks the string. Other
musical instruments generate
sound by striking the string.
 violin
 Can u give me some example of  harp
string  Double bass
instruments?  Cello
 Viola

C. Motivation

 The teacher will play a video of

percussion instruments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Vb7v57hF7r0&t=84s  Yes ma’am

 Class are you familiar of some

instruments that play in the video?  Drum set
 Tambourine
 Give me some instruments that
you have seen in the video

 Very good!

D. Presentation

 I'm impress that you are familiar

of those instruments because those
are part of our discussion.

 We are going to discuss about

Percussion instruments.

E. Lesson proper

 The teacher will discuss the

Percussion instruments and its  A percussion instrument is
examples. defined as a musical instrument
(including the drum, xylophone,
and maraca) sounded by
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 Rhya, can you please read what is striking, shaking, or scraping.

Percussion instruments. Percussion instruments are
made of many different
materials, such as wood, plastic,
or metal, and they come in all
shapes and sizes.
 Thank you rhya!

 Class, The Percussion family is the

largest in the orchestra. Percussion
instruments include any
instrument that makes a sound
when it is hit, shaken, or scraped.
 Yes ma’am, One of the most
 Here are some examples of recognizable of the percussion
Percussion instruments. instruments is the maracas, a
pair of rattles made from gourds.
 Cecile can you read what is Maracas are essential to Latin
maracas and South American orchestras
and bands, and other musical
forms that have adopted the
rhythm of the maracas.

 Thank you Cecile!

 Class remember that maracas is

dried seeds or pebbles inside the
gourds make noise when maracas
are shaken.
 A percussion instrument
 The next example is drums. consisting of a hollow shell or
cylinder with a drum head
 Angelo can you read the drums. stretched over one or both ends
that is beaten with the hands or
with some implement (such as a
 Thank you Angelo! stick or wire brush)

 Drums are usually played by

striking with the hand, a beater
attached to a pedal, or with one or
two sticks with or without padding.
A wide variety of sticks are used,
including wooden sticks and sticks
with soft beaters of felt on the end.
In jazz, some drummers use
brushes for a smoother, quieter
sound. In many traditional
cultures, drums have a symbolic
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function and are used in religious

ceremonies. Drums are often used
in music therapy, especially hand
drums, because of their tactile
nature and easy use by a wide
variety of people.  Timpani look like big polished
bowls or upside-down teakettles,
 Let’s proceed on the next one which is why they're also called
which is timpani. kettledrums. They are big copper
pots with drum heads made of
 Roselle please read what is timpani calfskin or plastic stretched over
their tops. Timpani are tuned
instruments, which means they
can play different notes.

 Thank you roselle!

 Class The timpanist changes the

pitch by stretching or loosening
the drum heads, which are
attached to a foot pedal. Timpani
are a central part of the percussion
family because they support
rhythm, melody and harmony.
Most orchestras have four timpani
of different sizes and tuned to
different pitches and they are
usually played by one musician,
who hits the drum heads with felt-
tipped mallets or wooden sticks.
The timpani player must have a
very good ear because he/she
usually needs to change the pitches  The xylophone originally came
of the drums during performances. from Africa and Asia, but has a
Greek name that means "wood
 Pauline please read xylophone. sound." The modern xylophone
has wooden bars or keys
arranged like the keys of the
piano, which the player hits with
a mallet.

 Thank you Pauline!

 In xylophone You can change the

quality of the pitch by using
different kinds of mallets (hard or
soft), and by hitting the wooden
bars in different ways. Attached to
the bottom of the wooden bars are
metal tubes called resonators,
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where the sound vibrates. This

gives the xylophone its bright bell-  Cymbals are the biggest
like sound. noisemakers of the orchestra.
They are two large metal discs,
 Leoni please read cymbals for us usually made of spun bronze.
Cymbals, which are untuned,
come in a range of sizes, from
quite small to very large.
 Thank you Leoni!

 The larger the cymbal, the lower

the sound they make. Cymbals can
be used for drama and excitement,
to accent the rhythm or create
delicate sound effects. You can
play the cymbals either by hitting
one cymbal against the other, or
you can use sticks, mallets or  The gong, also known as the
brushes to hit one or both cymbals. tamtam, is a very large metal
plate that hangs suspended from
 Atuan please read gong. a metal pipe. It looks similar to a
cymbal and is also untuned, but
is much larger and has a raised
center. To play it, you hit the
center with a soft mallet.
Depending on how hard you hit
it, you can make a deafening
 Thank you atuan! crash or the softest flicker of
sound.
 Gong looks similar to a cymbal
and is also untuned, but is much
larger and has a raised center. To
play it, you hit the center with a
soft mallet. Depending on how
hard you hit it, you can make a
deafening crash or the softest
flicker of sound.  Triangle, It's a small metal bar
that's bent into the shape of a
 Karren please the last example of
triangle and makes a ringing
percussion instrument.
sound when you hit it. There are
many sizes of triangles and each
one sounds a different pitch. You
play the triangle by holding it on
a string and striking it with a
metal beater. The size and
thickness of the beater can
change the sound the triangle
makes.
 Thank you Karren!
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 You've probably played a triangle

yourself at one time or
another. You play the
triangle by holding it on
a string and striking it with a metal
beater. The size and thickness of
the beater can change the sound
the triangle makes.

F. Application

The teacher will show different

pictures of instruments.

 Class I will show you some pictures

of percussion instruments, tell me
what kind of percussion
instrument that will shown on the
picture. Okay? Lets start!

Direction: Identify what kind of

Percussion instruments on the 1. Triangle
pictures. 2. Cymbals
1. 3. Drums
4. Maracas
5. Gong
6. Xylophone

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

 Percussion instruments include

any instrument that makes a
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sound when it is hit, shaken, or

scraped.

G. Generalization
 Class what is Percussion  Ma’am Cymbals and xylophone
instruments?

 Impressive!

 Now who can give the example of  Ma’am gong and triangle!
Percussion instruments? Just click
the raise hand and I will call you.

 Angelo!
 Maracas
 Very good!

 How about Karren what is your

answer?

 Very good!

 Rhya answer please.

 Very good class I’m impress that

you’re all listening on our 1. Small
discussion, now get your quiz book 2. Cymbals
and we will have our quiz for 3. Wood sound
today. 4. Maracas
H. Evaluation 5. Percussion
Fill in the blank.

Direction: Identify the missing word

and choose the right answer on the
box.

1. Triangle is a metal bar that's

bent into the shape of a triangle and
makes a ringing sound when you hit it
2. are the biggest noisemakers of
the orchestra.
3. The xylophone originally came from
Africa and Asia, but has a Greek name
that means
4. One of the most recognizable of the
percussion instruments
5. instrument is defined as a
musical instrument sounded by
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striking, shaking, or scraping.

Percussion Small
Cymbals Wood sound Maracas

I. Assignment

In your music notebook, List down at

least 10 examples of wind instruments.

Prepared by:
Romielyn F. Menguez
BEED 2ND YEAR

Submitted to:
Ms. Khen Bermas
Instructor