Brand: Boomwhackers Label: Boomwhackers Manufacturer: Boomwhackers Model: BWDG Publisher: Boomwhackers Special Features: This 8-note set allows more songs to be played and is generally preferred over the pentatonic scale by most music educators and people more familiar with music. Studio: Boomwhackers Sales Rank: 810 MPN: BWDG
Features:
Boomwhackers are tuned plastic percussion tubes.
Play by (gently!) striking almost anything: a table, the floor, your thigh or hand, a shoe.
Different surfaces can produce different qualities of sound (but always the same pitch)
Product Description: This set includes 8 pitches, starting at middle C and extending up to high C; a different color is used for each pitch: C1 (red); D1 (orange); E1 (yellow); F1 (light green); G1 (aqua); A1 (violet); B1 (fuchsia); C2 (red). This set contains tubes ranging in length from 12" - 24".
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Boomwhackers are great asset
Purchased Boomwhackers to excite and further involve our children in Sunday/Wednesday services. They are simple, easy to use, and provide a new dimension to teaching and learning music.
Rating: - It's "okay"
My kids played with it a few times then forgot it about it. I thought it would have more vibration or "boom" to it. Banging pots and pans is more fun.
Rating: - Didn't hold my son's attention
My son plays (or plays with) drums, guitar and piano. He loves banging on musical instruments. He is 5 years old. However, these did not hold his attention for 5 minutes. The sound is plastic sounding, ... Read More
Rating: - Simple is good
Love these for teaching purposes. They work a bit like choir chimes or handbells; every kid gets one and only plays it when their pitch comes round in the song. If you want to get fancy, you can also ... Read More
Rating: - Great teaching tool.
Boomwhackers are wonderful for teaching children or adults elementary music. They are virtually indestructible and can be use in a variety of teaching situations. And that are very resonable in price. ... Read More
- It's "okay"
- Didn't hold my son's attention
- Simple is good