15-Minute Music Lesson About Instruments Around the World

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A few years ago I published one of my all-time favorite courses called World Music for Elementary. Why do I love it so much? Because I love learning about instruments around the world, as well as folk dances, folk songs, and seeing those around the world creating their own music! It’s been highly requested, and I’m so excited to bring it to so many homeschools and music classrooms.

Today, however, I’m sharing a 15-Minute Music Lesson about Instruments Around the World. And, there is an awesome freebie associated with it as well!

Musical Instruments Around the World Notebooking Pages

I’m so excited to have my brand new Musical Instruments Notebooking Pages ready for you!

It’s available for purchase at Learn.MusicinOurHomeschool.com (which is in a course version and includes more material!) and at Teachers Pay Teachers (just the notebooking pages).

Also, when you’re over at Teachers Pay Teachers, please “follow” me there, and be sure to leave a review after each purchase so you can earn credit to “buy” other things for free!

Musical Instrument Notebooking Pages is a PDF download of 219 different musical instruments from around the world.

A black and white drawing of the image is on half of the sheet and can be used for coloring. The other side has line so the student can write about the instrument. Suggestions for what to write include where the instrument from, what instrument family it’s in (brass, percussion, keyboard, string, or woodwind), what style of music it usually plays (classical, orchestral, bluegrass, rock, folk, etc.), and some famous musicians who play that instrument.

Here are a few of the instruments included:

Flute
Japanese Sanshin
Native American Frame Drum
Autoharp
Chinese Erhu
French Horn
Jug
Bagpipes
Gajde
Kazazh Dombra
Glockenspiel
Kazoo

15-Minute Music Lesson about Instruments Around the World

Print out the following 5 pages from the Musical Instruments Notebooking Pages 15-Minute Music Lesson 5-page set that you can access for free below:

Bagpipes
Balalaika
Erhu
Fujara
Kalimba

Download the Musical Instruments Notebooking Pages 15-Minute Music Lesson 5-page set here:

Use the pages to record what you learn from the following videos and lessons.

Bagpipes

Instrument Family: Woodwind

Country of Origin: Scotland

Facts: The bagpipes have a bag that inflates with air and pipes called canters and drones. Bagpipes have been played at least since the Middle Ages, if not longer.

Balalaika

Instrument Family: String

Country of Origin: Russia

Facts: The balalaika has a triangular wooden body with three strings. It is often used to play Russian folk music and for dancing.

Erhu

Instrument Family: String

Country of Origin: China

Facts: In English, the erhu is sometimes called a Chinese violin or Chinese two-stringed fiddle. The erhu only has two strings and is played with a bow. It can sound beautiful and sorrowful, as well as imitate animals such as birds chirping and horses neighing.

See a Free Music Lesson for Chinese New Year here!

Learn about 7 classical Chinese instruments (with videos!)

Learn about 8 classifications of Chinese instruments

Free worksheet and online quiz included

Find lots more Chinese resources here.

Fujara

Instrument Family: Woodwind

Country of Origin: Slovakia

Facts: The fujara is a large type of flute and has three holes on the front. In the past, shepherds played the fujara for recreation. Now, it is popular in Slovak folk festivals.

Kalimba

Instrument Family: Percussion

Country of Origin: Africa (countries such as Nigeria, Republic of Congo, and Zimbabwe)

Facts: The kalimba contains a wooden resonator box with metal tines attached. These types of instruments are thousands of years old, and the tines were originally made of bamboo.