--- title: "Playing musical instruments" url: "https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2026-10-02-15-03-playing-musical-instruments" school: "St Bridget's Catholic Primary School" --- # Playing musical instruments ![Image of Playing musical instruments ](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/blog/IMG_0304(1).jpeg) 2 October 2026 [Miss Chapman](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/author/tchapman) [Reception](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/category/reception) This week, in Expressive Arts and Design, we have been experimenting with a variety of musical instruments. We talked about the different instruments and learned what they were called. We then had lots of fun exploring the sounds they could make and experimenting with playing the instruments loudly and quietly! ### Playing musical instruments Reception 2026 [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/playing-musical-instruments-reception-2026/IMG_7096.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/playing-musical-instruments-reception-2026/IMG_7096.jpeg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/playing-musical-instruments-reception-2026/IMG_1979.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/images/gallery/playing-musical-instruments-reception-2026/IMG_1979.jpeg) 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