Cello Melody and Friends

# Melody, Melody

# Listen to the music

# Let your mind run free

# Melody, Melody

# From a castle or the jungle

# To the Arctic Sea... #

WHALE SINGS

# To be as loud as a storm

# Quiet as a sigh

# As dainty as a dancer

# Or soaring high in the sky

# Melody, Melody

# Musical imaginings of Melody. #

And friends!

We are walking through a park.

I wonder what kind of animals live here?

Well, there could be squirrels in the trees or there might be

something living in those bushes over there. Do you want to find out?

Yes, please! That would be amazing!

-Oh, look! Melody! There's a snail!

-Wow! I love snails!

The snail is moving so slowly along the ground.

Are there any other animals that live here?

Well, yeah, there could be lots of insects around

-or maybe even a couple of frogs!

-Wow!

-Come on, Melody!

We've got to get inside and meet our friends

or else we might be late for the performance.

OK, come on, Fudge! I am so excited!

My friend learns all about different music in this school!

I love it here!

There's always something new and exciting happening!

CELLO MUSIC

-I'm excited!

-Oh! Ah! Look, I can just...

I can hear a cello! Can you?

-Yeah.

-Have a listen!

CELLO MUSIC

-Shall we go and have a look?

-Yeah. Yes, please.

CELLO MUSIC

-This is Noah and his cello!

-Hi, there!

-Hello, cello!

This is the cello we could hear, Melody. What do you think?

-This is the cello.

-Wow.

-Yeah?

But it's quite big, quite boomy down the bottom.

PLAYS LOW NOTE

-Wow.

-Let's start up at the top, shall we?

So here's the scroll,

-it doesn't really do anything but it's a lot of fun.

-Like a snail!

-Mm.

-Yes.

-It's a great shape, can you trace your finger right round?

Which leads you too... These are some pegs.

-Ah, yes.

-Which you can turn.

Don't have a go cos otherwise I'll go very out of tune.

It sounds horrible! But you use them to tune these which are the strings!

They're made of metal and you can have a pluck if you want.

So if you just put the fatty bit of your finger just inside the string.

That's good. And then you just pull. There you go.

-And that's called "pizzicato" which is a long word.

-Pizzicato.

There you go, perfect. So you go right the way down here,

this is a nice curvy shape it's got, there you go.

And what's here?

Don't get stuck in there, but you can feel a hole.

It's in the shape of an "F" and it's called an F-hole.

-What are F-holes for?

-To make the music come out.

-That's it.

-So we've got sound coming out.

The sound projects from this.

Essentially, it's a box I've got. And how do I do that?

I've got my bow! If you feel that, that's horsehairs.

-It's horse's hair!

-Yeah, hair from a horse.

If you drag the hair along the string...

HE PLAYS A NOTE

-Oh!

-..that's how you get the sound. Do you want a go?

-Yes, please!

-I'll take Fudge.

-Take this in your left hand.

Drag it across a string, like me.

-This is so cool!

-There you go.

Try to keep it between the fingerboard and the bridge.

-There we go.

-Lovely.

-Oh, you're a natural. Lovely, there you go.

-Perfect.

-Wonderful. So, actually, Melody,

would it be nice for us to listen to Noah play something?

-Yes, please.

-Sure! Thank you.

I've been preparing some Beethoven.

HE PLAYS BEETHOVEN

-Wow.

-That's dark down the bottom.

-Yeah, it's lovely.

-There you go.

-Oh, Melody, what do we say?

-Thank you very much.

-My pleasure.

-Thank you for coming.

-Thank you so much.

Melody, we've got to go because the recital

starts in a minute and we've got to let Noah practice. See you, Noah.

-Enjoy!

-Bye! Bye!

-Thank you for coming, take care!

-Bye!

-Bye!

-Bye.

We meet my friends who are here to listen to the music with me.

Hello, everybody!

I can't wait to hear what the music makes them think of!

Ready for some music? ALL: Yes!

I wonder what it's going to make you think of!

The lights are dimming! I think the show's about to start! Yay!

Hello, everybody!

Today we're going to play for you The Archduke

by Ludwig van Beethoven. Hope you enjoy.

There's Didier on violin and Alan on piano. This is going to be great!

MUSIC: The Archduke by Beethoven

I start to use my imagination!

SHE GASPS

A dancing tree frog! He looks so cute! And he's such a good dancer!

A snail! Like the one we saw earlier!

Aw! The snail's sad because he doesn't think he can dance!

The frog has an idea to make the snail dance better!

The frog shows the snail a dance he could do.

Aw! That's it, Mr Snail.

You can do it.

The frog wants the snail to practise a dance with him for a show tonight.

Aw! The snail is too embarrassed.

The frog and the snail are practising for the dance.

Aw! The snail is still nervous!

That's it, Mr Snail! You're dancing wonderfully!

It's time for the show.

All the animals from the forest have come to watch

the tree frog and the snail dance.

ANIMALS CHEER

Oh, Mr Snail. You do look pretty! Hee-hee-hee-hee!

Wow! They look wonderful dancing together! The audience love it.

ANIMALS APPLAUD

ANIMALS CHEER

Well done, Mr Snail! You CAN dance after all!

APPLAUSE

After the performance, we go to meet our friends.

I can't wait to hear what the music made them think of!

-Hello!

-ALL: Hi!

Hello, everybody, how are you?

-ALL: Good.

-It's lovely to see you again.

So did you enjoy listening to Noah playing the cello?

-ALL: Yes.

-Shall we have a listen again?

REPLAYS MUSIC

We all listen again to the music. Some of my friends close their eyes.

They are letting their imaginations run free!

The music makes me think of a hedgehog this time.

So what did that first little bit make you think of, Luke?

-It made me think of walking through the forest or something.

-Wow!

-Yeah, Like through a leafy, green forest?

-Yes.

What about you, Annabelle?

-Did it make you think of anything different?

-Someone finding a friend.

So maybe they're lost and they can't find their friend

and they're looking for them? That's a lovely idea.

How about somebody walking through a forest

looking for their friend, then meets a hedgehog?

We could combine all of the ideas! That would be great!

-Let's listen again?

-REPLAYS MUSIC

That was brilliant!

I could definitely imagine a hedgehog walking through the forest.

-Could you see it as well, in your imaginations?

-ALL: Yes.

Shall we have a listen to the next bit?

REPLAYS MUSIC

Two people walking over the hill.

Sounds like a pack of wolves walking through the Arctic.

WOLVES HOWL

Oh! Did anybody else see that wolf in their minds? Could you see him?

-Yes.

-Yeah! Did you see anything else?

Yeah, I saw his head going into the water to grab a fish.

Because he was hungry, wasn't he?

-Shall we have listen to the next section?

-Yes, please!

I wonder if it's going to be any different.

REPLAYS MUSIC

It was this girl who was walking through

a castle at night trying to solve a mystery.

Like a feather falling down from the sky.

Shall we listen to the very last piece

and see what it makes you think of?

ALL: Yes. REPLAYS MUSIC

The sky turning dark and shooting stars.

Fudge was creeping in the forest and a fox was creeping up on him.

It was like someone tumbling down a hill.

Wow! That was brilliant! We could definitely see all of those

lovely things from your imaginations. Thank you so much!

We've got to get going now, but keep using your imaginations. Bye!

You're amazing! ALL: Bye!

-Did you like talking to them?

-Loved it.

Aw, they were lovely friends, weren't they?

Right, have a sit down here.

Wasn't it fun listening to the ideas the other children had, Melody?

Yes! I really liked it when Mia imagined a feather

-floating in the breeze!

-But remember the same piece of music can mean

lots of different things to different people.

-Mummy, can I listen to it again, please?

-Go on, then.

That music made me think of snails who wanted to dance.

What did it make you think of?