THE SOUND OF MUSIC

WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THESE PICTURES ? What could be added to each picture to make it more complete ?

Try to imagine living in world without music… Do you think you would like it? WHY or WHY NOT?

What is music ?

Music is organized sound. This order is made of notes. Some notes are high and some are low.

Musical notes have letter names: They also have other names: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti C D E F G A B Have you ever heard of the song Doe A Deer? This song will help you learn the names of the notes and how they should sound.

Doe, a deer, a female deer Ray, a drop of golden sun Me, a name I call myself Far, a long long way to run Sew, a needle pulling thread La, a note to follow sew Tea, I drink with jam and bread That will bring us back to doe… You can watch it here… From the movie, The Sound Of Music DOE A DEER

HOW COME WE CAN HEAR MUSIC ?

We hear music because it is made of sounds. Sounds ar e vibrations. The vibrations travel through our ears to our brain. Our brain understands what it hears! GO TO THIS LINK TO WATCH THE VIBRATION SONG. THATS THE ALPHABET SONG!

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MAKE MUSICAL SOUNDS. BUT…

It takes a lot of practice to learn to play a musical instrument. At first it may sound like noise!

PLAYING A TUNE IN TUNE before you can play a song on them. Tuning them makes the notes sound right. These instruments have to be tuned,

When you finally learn how the notes should sound, you can play many songs.

Now we know that some instruments have to be tuned before you can play them… But have you ever heard of tuning…

STAY TUNED FOR THE ANSWER… DURING PROJECT WEEK!