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Musical Games

How much fun can you have with music and sound? The idea of learning is to practise your skills, widen your knowledge, and most importantly, to have fun! Here are a few lessons that young children might like to sink their musical ears into! 

1. Name That Sound

Listen to the sounds in each video and see if you can identify the instruments.

a.

b.

c.

 

2. Sound Awareness

Have a look and listen in your surroundings for things / animals / sounds that make a…

BANG!

Ting…

Kerplunk!

CrUnCh ~

screeeeeech —

Hummmmmmm…

 

3. Draw the Music

Close your eyes and listen to the beats in the two music clips. Are they fast or slow? Upbeat or downbeat? How does it make you feel?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aQHDBosiVMg

Now, on a piece of paper, draw the tempo, rhythm and emotion as you listen to each piece of music again. How will you draw fast music? What does dramatic or scary music look like?

Here’s our example of the first ‘intense’ music:

 

4. Tongue Twisters

Make up or copy an alliterated sentence and challenge yourself to practise your speech or singing clarity as you repeat it quickly five times.

Here’s ours: Meg messes melodic melodies making musical madness!

GO!

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SING IT LOUD!  It’s G I V E A W A Y  T I M E!

WIN a hardback copy of the groovalicious picture book, The Trouble in Tune Town by Maura Pierlot and Sophie Norsa!

In 25 words or less, what instrument are you?

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The Trouble in Tune Town will be officially launched on Sunday May 6 at the National Library of Australia, Canberra from 2PM, in association with Music for Canberra. There will music, activities, book reading and signing. Click the image for details.




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