Summary
Bill turns sound science into music, showing how vibrations make pitches and how instruments shape them into songs.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Bill turns sound science into music, showing how vibrations make pitches and how instruments shape them into songs..
- What is happening to an instrument when it makes a sound?
- What makes a note sound high or low?
- How do different instruments change the sound of a vibration?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: vibration, pitch, instrument.
Try it: Make a sound with a rubber band or bottle and explain how to change its pitch.