Busy Kids Love Music

Hello, music enthusiasts and curious minds! Get ready for another delightful episode of Busy Kids Love Music, where we're about to embark on a whimsical journey into the enchanting world of the flute. Episode #3 is all about this magical instrument, exploring its history, construction, and listening to its beautiful melodies in some famous musical compositions. One of the oldest instruments in the...

Perhaps around Halloween time, you'll start to hear a familiar tune. It starts out softly, with the bassoon playing low, short notes. Gradually it gets louder and faster and louder and faster until there is a big CRASH of instruments at the end! This popular tune is "In the Hall of the Mountain King", the most famous piece written by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg. In today's episode, we'll learn...

If I asked you to tell me what rhythm is, would you be able to define it? Sometimes there are words that we hear a lot, but we aren't exactly sure what they mean. In this episode, I'll teach you what, exactly, rhythm is. We'll practice clapping a rhythm, and listen to lots of examples of rhythms from famous works of music.