Step 3 Talk about the difference between high pitch sounds and low pitch sounds on the oboe. Students may remark that the high pitches sound like birds and the low pitches sounded like singing men or bears.
Step 4 For the interactive part of the lesson, make colorfully-painted cardboard arrows for each of the students. We practiced listening for high sounds and low sounds. When they heard a high sound from the oboe, have the students point the arrow up. When they heard a low sound from the oboe, have them point the arrow down.
Some of the students were even more specific, and were able to identify a mid-range pitch by pointing the arrow in between up and down.