0:00:02 > 0:00:05# Melody, Melody
0:00:05 > 0:00:06# Listen to the music
0:00:06 > 0:00:08# Let your mind run free
0:00:08 > 0:00:11# Melody, Melody
0:00:11 > 0:00:13# From a castle or the jungle
0:00:13 > 0:00:15# To the Arctic Sea... # WHALE SINGS
0:00:15 > 0:00:18# It could be as loud as a storm
0:00:18 > 0:00:21# Or quiet as a sigh
0:00:21 > 0:00:24# As dainty as a dance step
0:00:24 > 0:00:27# Or soaring high in the sky
0:00:27 > 0:00:31# Melody, Melody
0:00:31 > 0:00:35# Musical imaginings of Melody. #
0:00:35 > 0:00:37And friends!
0:00:39 > 0:00:42We're coming to meet a great friend today
0:00:42 > 0:00:45who can play a really cool instrument.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49It's made of wood, and it's played with something called a bow.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53Sometimes it's called a fiddle, just like in Hey Diddle Diddle.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Can you guess what it is?
0:00:56 > 0:00:59When we arrive, we can hear people practising.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01HARP PLAYS
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Ooh, Melody, I can hear the harp.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06- Can you?- Yes!- Let's have a listen.
0:01:06 > 0:01:07MARIMBA PLAYS
0:01:07 > 0:01:11- And what else can we hear? - I can hear the marimba!
0:01:11 > 0:01:12- Yeah! - VIOLIN PLAYS
0:01:12 > 0:01:15And, ooh! I can hear a violin.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17It's this way, Mummy, let's go!
0:01:21 > 0:01:24- Hello!- Hi!
0:01:24 > 0:01:26- Hi.- Hello, Eugenie.- Hi.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30Thank you for letting us come and see your beautiful violin.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Could you tell us a bit about the different parts of the violin?
0:01:33 > 0:01:37This is the main body of the violin. It's made out of wood.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39These are the four strings.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42They're different thicknesses?
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- It goes from low to high, G, D, A, E.- Yep.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49The higher strings are here, you can play really high.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51These pegs are to tune the strings.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- That feels like a snail! - It does, it's like a shell shape.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58- What's that part called? - It's the scroll.- Ah, right.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00- It's the squirrel!- Scroll!
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Can you feel down there, Melody?
0:02:04 > 0:02:07There's a hole! Like a wiggly hole.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10- What holes are they? - They're for the sound to come out.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Without them, you wouldn't hear any sound.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16- Do they have a name? - Yeah, they're the F-holes.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18They're like a curly F shape.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21And at the bottom, there seems to be quite a hard bit.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23- Can you feel that, at the bottom?- Yeah.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26This is the chin rest, to rest your chin.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28So you have a bit of a cushion.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31So it's more comfortable to play.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33And how do you make the sound?
0:02:33 > 0:02:37You use the bow, which is also made out of wood.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39And these are horse hairs.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42And to change the tightness of the hairs,
0:02:42 > 0:02:44you twist this thing down here.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47This is not just one horse hair, but lots of horse hairs.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51- There'll be hundreds of little hairs.- Sometimes they snap.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Have you been in the middle of something and it breaks?
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- Yeah, some of the strings pop.- Gosh!
0:02:57 > 0:02:59How can you use the bow?
0:02:59 > 0:03:02You put the bow on the string, and you just pull.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Good!
0:03:04 > 0:03:08If you pulled it really fast and slow, does that change the sound?
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Yeah. Like...
0:03:10 > 0:03:11QUICK NOTES
0:03:11 > 0:03:13You can also pluck...
0:03:13 > 0:03:15SHORT NOTES
0:03:16 > 0:03:19And you use your fingers to press the notes down.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23- That's what changes the notes, when you press down?- Yeah.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24You'd go from one...
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Fingers moving up and down.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31And with the bow, can you do different effects?
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Yeah, you can make it staccato, like...
0:03:34 > 0:03:36- VERY SHORT NOTES - Ooh.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38And you can also do this...
0:03:38 > 0:03:40LOTS OF OVERLAPPING NOTES
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- Could I have a go?- Would it be OK if Melody had a go?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- Yeah.- Brilliant. I'll take Fudge.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49So hold it really carefully.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Want help?
0:03:51 > 0:03:52Do you want to...?
0:03:55 > 0:04:00- Remember, putting your fingers on there will change the notes.- Yeah.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05- What do we say, Melody?- Thank you!
0:04:05 > 0:04:08- Brilliant, thank you, Eugenie, lovely.- That's so cool.
0:04:08 > 0:04:09- Was that fun?- Yeah!
0:04:09 > 0:04:13- Could we hear you playing, would that be OK?- Yeah.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14(Aw, thank you.)
0:04:38 > 0:04:39Wow! Thank you so much!
0:04:39 > 0:04:42- That was brilliant, wasn't it? - Thank you!
0:04:42 > 0:04:46But we're going to have to go, the recital starts soon.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48- Eugenie's got to get ready. - Good luck!
0:04:48 > 0:04:51- Thank you.- We've got to find our friends. See you!
0:04:51 > 0:04:53- Bye, thanks, Eugenie.- Bye!
0:04:53 > 0:04:56I'm really looking forward to this!
0:04:56 > 0:04:58We go into the concert hall
0:04:58 > 0:05:02and meet a few friends who've come to listen too.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06- Are you excited to listen to some lovely music?- ALL:- Yes!
0:05:06 > 0:05:09As you listen, see what pictures come into your mind.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13Fudge and I wonder what the music will make you think of.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18We sit, and the lights go down.
0:05:18 > 0:05:23Then Eugenie comes in with Debbie, who's going to play the piano.
0:05:23 > 0:05:24Hi, I'm going to play
0:05:24 > 0:05:27the first movement from Barber's Violin Concerto.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15Oh, a penguin!
0:06:15 > 0:06:18I don't know why I thought of that.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22A baby penguin too!
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Aw, I think he's nervous.
0:06:40 > 0:06:41Go on, little one!
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Ooh, look, they're not nervous.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42I think he wants to follow them.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44They've gone into the sea.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Ooh, gosh!
0:07:53 > 0:07:54That looks high!
0:07:56 > 0:07:58The penguins are dancing.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27He dived into the sea.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Penguins swim so gracefully.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53They're all dancing now.
0:09:00 > 0:09:01He did it!
0:09:43 > 0:09:44That was wonderful!
0:09:49 > 0:09:50After the recital,
0:09:50 > 0:09:54Mum and I talk with our friends about what they thought.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Hi!
0:09:56 > 0:10:01So, did you enjoy listening to Eugenie play the violin?
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Yes!
0:10:03 > 0:10:06It made me think of a baby penguin.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Great! Let's listen and see what the music makes you think of?
0:10:10 > 0:10:14And when you listen, let your imaginations run free.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16THE CONCERTO PLAYS
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Everybody listens really hard.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Lydia had an idea first.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35It made me think of musicals,
0:10:35 > 0:10:38when people sing and dance.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41I saw lots of people at a ball dancing,
0:10:41 > 0:10:43and the men were wearing a suit,
0:10:43 > 0:10:47and the ladies were wearing really poufy dresses.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56And there was a disco ball.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Stella, what did you see in your imagination?
0:11:13 > 0:11:18People at the ball, and one person was late, like the Cinderella story.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21TICK, TICK, TICK...
0:11:21 > 0:11:22BONG! BONG! BONG!
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Then Otis has an idea.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36It made me think of animation,
0:11:36 > 0:11:39like you see the animation being drawn,
0:11:39 > 0:11:45and the animation's being drawn, and the animation is
0:11:45 > 0:11:51a person jumping over flowers in a massive field.
0:11:55 > 0:12:01They've got a really white dress, and they've got really long hair.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Mummy, what does the music make you think of?
0:12:15 > 0:12:20- Oh, well, do you want to know what I thought of?- Yes!- Good question.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Well, I thought of a spider, spinning an amazing web.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26But a giant web. The spider was really happy.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30There was lots of raindrops glistening on the web.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33And the faster the music went, the faster it spun.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Well done, everyone. What fabulous ideas.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48I love listening to all your stories.
0:12:48 > 0:12:53And don't forget to keep using your imagination.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- Bye!- Bye!
0:12:56 > 0:13:00I hope they never forget to use their imaginations.
0:13:00 > 0:13:05Eugenie's violin made us think of all sorts of different ideas.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09So, did you like the ideas the other children had, Melody?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Yes, I loved then!
0:13:11 > 0:13:15The same music can mean different things to different people.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19- Mummy, can I listen to it again, please?- Course you can.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23That music made me think of a young penguin.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25What did it make you think of?