0:00:02 > 0:00:05# Melody, Melody
0:00:05 > 0:00:08# Listen to the music, let your mind run free
0:00:08 > 0:00:11# Melody, Melody
0:00:11 > 0:00:15# From the castle or the jungle to the Arctic sea
0:00:15 > 0:00:18# To be as loud as a storm
0:00:18 > 0:00:21# Or quiet as a sigh
0:00:21 > 0:00:23# As dainty as a dance step
0:00:23 > 0:00:27# Or soaring high in the sky
0:00:27 > 0:00:30# Melody, Melody
0:00:30 > 0:00:33# Listen to the music, let your mind run free
0:00:33 > 0:00:37# Melody, Melody
0:00:37 > 0:00:42# The musical imaginings of Melody. #
0:00:42 > 0:00:43And friends.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50'I'm really excited today cos we're going to meet a friend of mine.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54'Ned. He comes to this music school.
0:00:54 > 0:01:01'It's like a normal school, but he also learns a musical instrument.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05'Before long, we arrive at the school. It's huge!
0:01:05 > 0:01:08'And I can hear musical instruments.'
0:01:08 > 0:01:12- Melody, I can hear a...- BOTH:- Piano!
0:01:12 > 0:01:13Let's have a listen.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15PIANO PLAYS
0:01:15 > 0:01:20- Oh, it's lovely, isn't it? And also, oh! Can you hear the cello?- Cello.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23It's playing a really sad bit now. Let's have a listen.
0:01:23 > 0:01:24CELLO PLAYS
0:01:24 > 0:01:26And over here...
0:01:26 > 0:01:30- BOTH:- The electric guitar.- Shall we have a listen?- Yes, please.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33ELECTRIC GUITAR PLAYS
0:01:35 > 0:01:37'This is Ned. Isn't he cool?'
0:01:39 > 0:01:43- Hi, Ned.- Hello, Ned.- Hi, Melody.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46So this is the electric guitar we could hear?
0:01:46 > 0:01:48- What can you feel, Melody?- A wire.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Yeah, a long wire and it travels all the way up to...
0:01:51 > 0:01:55This is called the amp which, basically, is just one big
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- speaker to make me really, really loud.- Wow.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00- So it's louder than a normal guitar. - Wow!
0:02:00 > 0:02:04What can you feel down there? Can you feel anything?
0:02:04 > 0:02:06- Knobs.- Little dials. What do these do, Ned?
0:02:06 > 0:02:10These two control the volume in the guitar. I can either
0:02:10 > 0:02:12make it really loud, or subtle and quiet.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14These two control the tone,
0:02:14 > 0:02:18- so I can make it either sharper or soft and mellow.- Wow.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21A soft kind of piece of music. That's lovely.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25What about the shape? Can you feel the shape round there, Melody?
0:02:25 > 0:02:28'The guitar body was curved and very smooth.'
0:02:28 > 0:02:30It's a nice, smooth shape, isn't it?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Very smooth, the way it's been cut.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36- What can you feel along here? - Strings.- Can you count them?
0:02:36 > 0:02:41One, two, three, four, five, six strings.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Six strings and they all lead up to...
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Where can you feel up there?
0:02:48 > 0:02:50What happens at the top, Ned?
0:02:50 > 0:02:52That's the head where I tune all my strings
0:02:52 > 0:02:56so that the guitar doesn't sound nasty and horrible.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59When they start going looser it starts to sound
0:02:59 > 0:03:00really not very nice.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04They have to keep turning them and checking that they're in tune.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Every time you pick it up.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Are you able to show us the different ways you play it?
0:03:09 > 0:03:12The first one you learn is normal finger picking.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- HE FINGERPICKS - Wow.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19And then you've got your chords.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21HE STRUMS CHORDS
0:03:21 > 0:03:23- Good, isn't it?- Amazing.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26And then you can make a really, really big, loud sound.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30You just change one little setting on the speaker and you've got a...
0:03:30 > 0:03:33- Are you ready for this? Whoa!- Whoa!
0:03:33 > 0:03:37HE PLAYS LOUDLY
0:03:37 > 0:03:40'I think Fudge liked playing a loud guitar. Hee-hee-hee!'
0:03:40 > 0:03:44- Can I have a go?- Would you like a go?- Yeah, of course.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47All right, lovely. Thank you.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50So just strum with the back of your nail.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54SHE STRUMS CHORDS
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Yeah, amazing.
0:03:55 > 0:04:01'Ned made shapes with his fingers, and I strummed the strings.'
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Grand finale. Yeah.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Love it! Fantastic! Brilliant, Ned.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Is that the only guitar that you play? Do you play others?
0:04:09 > 0:04:13I also play acoustic guitar which gives a more soft, classical sound.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17- Would we be able to hear a little bit of that?- Yeah, of course.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20HE PLAYS CLASSICAL GUITAR
0:04:39 > 0:04:43- Wow, Ned. Thank you so much. That was brilliant.- Thank you, Ned.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44Come on, Melody.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48We've got to get to the recital, and Ned needs to get ready.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50And we've got to find our friends.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- Good luck, Ned. Thank you.- Bye.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56'I have some friends who are going to listen to the music with me.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00'I wonder what it will make them think of.'
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- Hello, everybody! ALL:- Hello!
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- Are you excited to listen to the music? ALL:- Yes!
0:05:05 > 0:05:09We'd like you think about what pictures come into your head
0:05:09 > 0:05:11when you listen to the music.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17'The lights go down, and Ned arrives.'
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Today, I'm going to play
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Bach Cello Suite No 2, the first movement.
0:05:28 > 0:05:33MUSIC: Cello Suite No. 2 by Bach
0:05:52 > 0:05:56It's wonderful watching somebody play.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Can you see how his fingers move across
0:05:58 > 0:06:01the strings and the fretboard?
0:06:01 > 0:06:06And his other hand plucks the strings. It's so clever!
0:06:29 > 0:06:32'The music makes me think of a hot summer's day with
0:06:32 > 0:06:36'a bright sun beating down.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42'I can see a desert.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48'Look, someone's walking!
0:06:51 > 0:06:54'They're searching.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16'She's found it! It's a horse!
0:07:36 > 0:07:37'What are they doing?
0:07:46 > 0:07:49'She's going to try and ride it.'
0:07:56 > 0:07:58HORSE NEIGHS
0:08:14 > 0:08:17'Look, the horse is almost dancing!
0:08:32 > 0:08:34'SHE did it!
0:08:43 > 0:08:45'And they're riding away together.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04'Ned played so well.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07'The music really made me think I was in Spain.'
0:09:07 > 0:09:12- Thank you very much, Ned.- 'We waved goodbye at the end of the show.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17'After the recital, Mum and I go and meet up with our friends.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21'I can't wait for them to tell me what they thought of it all.'
0:09:26 > 0:09:31- Hello, everybody. ALL:- Hello! - Hello, how are you?,
0:09:31 > 0:09:33We are so happy to see you again.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37Did you enjoy the music that Ned was playing on the guitar?
0:09:37 > 0:09:39- ALL:- Yes. - Really good, wasn't he?
0:09:39 > 0:09:41He was so talented with his fingers.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44We're going to have another listen and
0:09:44 > 0:09:46see what you can see in your imagination.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50When you listen to the music, let your imaginations run free!
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Ready?
0:09:52 > 0:09:56As Ned plays, my friends listen really carefully.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00MUSIC: Cello Suite No. 2 by Bach
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Issy, what did that section make you think of?
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Like something was floating.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22What do you think would be floating in the air very lightly?
0:10:22 > 0:10:25- What could it be?- A leaf, maybe?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35'Then Eladie has an idea.'
0:10:35 > 0:10:42Raindrops dropping in puddles, and, like, making more puddles.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56Kai, is there anything different that you saw in your imagination?
0:10:56 > 0:11:02I thought there was, like, someone playing Italian music.
0:11:02 > 0:11:03And Poppy?
0:11:03 > 0:11:07I felt like some people were floating in the air with some wings.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Really? Why do you think the music made you feel that?
0:11:11 > 0:11:16Because it felt softly like the winds carried him somewhere.
0:11:16 > 0:11:21MUSIC CONTINUES
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Kyle, what could you hear in that last little section?
0:12:00 > 0:12:03It made me think of bugs scurrying around on the floor.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07- Where were they scurrying around? - They were scurrying around
0:12:07 > 0:12:09on the garden pavement.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27I thought of in Mexico having a burrito,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30and the music was playing in the restaurant.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Oh, great! Bugs and burritos. Hm.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37MUSIC CONTINUES
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Oh, wow, I could definitely see all
0:12:56 > 0:12:58of your lovely ideas in my imagination.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01We need to get going now, but thank you.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05'Everyone has different ideas, but it's all from the same music.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08'I love it when so many ideas happen.'
0:13:08 > 0:13:12'So that music made my friends think of rain, people flying,
0:13:12 > 0:13:14'and even scuttling beetles.'
0:13:14 > 0:13:18So, did you like the ideas the children had, Melody?
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Yes, but I didn't think about the raindrops or the bugs.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Me either. The same piece of music can mean
0:13:24 > 0:13:26different things to different people.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31- Mummy, can I listen to it again, please?- Of course you can.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34And the music made me think of a horse.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37What did it make you think of?