Music Makers
It’s time to make a little noise! Discover how sounds make music, and how music makes you feel in this melodious exhibit.
Things to Do:
- Make melodies on the bolt-a-phone and wrench-a-phones.
- Use soft sculpture pegs to make your own music box.
- Blow air over a reed to learn about woodwinds.
- Move musical notes on a staff to create a melody.
- Feel the vibrations that sound can make on the thump deck.
- Layer a melody, a harmony, and a rhythm to create a symphony.
- Dance away, and watch your body make patterns on a colorful video screen.
- Beat the drums and other percussion instruments in the Jam Room.
- Pluck a bass string and watch the vibrations.
- Create an artistic masterpiece that reflects how your music makes you feel.
Learning Outcomes:
- Gain an understanding of melody, tempo and rhythm with their whole bodies.
- Discover how sound is made and that music is organized sound.
- Discover how sounds blend when different melodies play together.
- Become adept at listening and discerning differences in sounds.
- Understand the concept of music notation, and how notes on a page translate into sounds.
- Realize that musical instruments are played – and enjoyed – by people of all ages.
- Learn the individual sounds of a variety of instruments.
- Observe the differences in the look, feel and sound of orchestral instruments.
- Invent and compose unique pieces of music.
