Clarinet

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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 > 0:00:14# To the Arctic Sea... #

0:00:14 > 0:00:15WHALE 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 > 0:00:23# 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 > 0:00:31# Listen to the music

0:00:31 > 0:00:33# Let your mind run free

0:00:33 > 0:00:37# Melody, Melody

0:00:37 > 0:00:41# The musical imaginings of Melody. #

0:00:41 > 0:00:42And friends!

0:00:45 > 0:00:47'My friends all play the clarinet.

0:00:47 > 0:00:50'Four clarinettists.

0:00:51 > 0:00:53'They're called a quartet.

0:00:53 > 0:00:56'I can't wait to hear them play all together.

0:01:00 > 0:01:03'We can hear lots of musicians playing in the school,

0:01:03 > 0:01:06'but I wonder which one is the clarinet.'

0:01:06 > 0:01:09- FLUTE PLAYS - I can hear the flute. Can you?

0:01:09 > 0:01:11Do-do-do-do-roo. SINGING

0:01:11 > 0:01:14- And...- I can hear singing.- Yes.

0:01:14 > 0:01:16- BOTH:- La-la-la-la-la-la-la.

0:01:16 > 0:01:17- Very nice. - CLARINET PLAYS

0:01:17 > 0:01:20Oh, Melody. I can hear the clarinet.

0:01:20 > 0:01:24So can I. Let's go! All right.

0:01:24 > 0:01:26Come on, then. This way.

0:01:26 > 0:01:28CLARINETS PLAY

0:01:28 > 0:01:32'These are my friends practising on their clarinets.

0:01:32 > 0:01:33'They sound so good.'

0:01:33 > 0:01:36Hello, everybody. That sounded amazing.

0:01:36 > 0:01:39Thank you for letting us come and see your lovely clarinets.

0:01:39 > 0:01:41Rachel, tell us about the clarinet.

0:01:41 > 0:01:45The clarinet was invented about 300 years ago.

0:01:45 > 0:01:46Wow.

0:01:46 > 0:01:50It was made of boxwood. At the time, it only had about two keys.

0:01:50 > 0:01:53So we've got about 20 now but, at the time,

0:01:53 > 0:01:56- there were just two. - Only two?- Only two, yeah.- Wow!

0:01:56 > 0:02:00About 100 years later, they started making it out of

0:02:00 > 0:02:01grenadilla wood,

0:02:01 > 0:02:05and they added all the keys and this is the clarinet we have today.

0:02:05 > 0:02:08Lily, can you tell us how you make the sound?

0:02:08 > 0:02:11The clarinet is played by blowing through the

0:02:11 > 0:02:14mouthpiece and then moving your fingers to change the pitch.

0:02:14 > 0:02:16Like this.

0:02:16 > 0:02:17SHE PLAYS

0:02:17 > 0:02:19'Nice playing, Lily.

0:02:19 > 0:02:21'Lily then shows us what they use

0:02:21 > 0:02:24'to blow with to make the sound.

0:02:24 > 0:02:25'It's called a reed.'

0:02:25 > 0:02:28- It's like a lolly stick.- Yeah. - Can I have a go?

0:02:28 > 0:02:32- I'll blow and you can move the keys.- Will that be OK?

0:02:32 > 0:02:36'I press the buttons as Lily plays. The buttons are called the keys.'

0:02:36 > 0:02:39CLARINET SQUEAKS 'Whoops, I think I need

0:02:39 > 0:02:41'more practice.'

0:02:41 > 0:02:43SHE LAUGHS

0:02:43 > 0:02:44Amazing.

0:02:44 > 0:02:48Tom, are there different types of moods you can play?

0:02:48 > 0:02:50There are lots of different moods

0:02:50 > 0:02:53you can play on the clarinet. I can play something that's

0:02:53 > 0:02:59- quite light and bouncy and warm. - HE PLAYS HAPPY MUSIC

0:02:59 > 0:03:02That was lovely. Really nice, really light.

0:03:02 > 0:03:05- Made you feel really happy, didn't it?- Bouncy.- Are there any

0:03:05 > 0:03:09- other moods you can play, Michael? - Yes, we can play sad.

0:03:09 > 0:03:11I'll play in the lower register.

0:03:11 > 0:03:14HE PLAYS SAD MUSIC

0:03:20 > 0:03:22- That was amazing. - A completely different tone.

0:03:22 > 0:03:26We heard you doing a little piece from the recital.

0:03:26 > 0:03:28Would we be able to hear a little bit of it?

0:03:28 > 0:03:31- Yes, of course.- Thank you.

0:03:31 > 0:03:35MUSIC: Caprice For Clarinets by Clare Grundman

0:04:09 > 0:04:12'Wow, they sound amazing together!'

0:04:12 > 0:04:14Really, really good.

0:04:14 > 0:04:16We're going to have to get going...

0:04:16 > 0:04:19'And we will see them soon at the performance.'

0:04:19 > 0:04:23- Good luck!- Thank you so much. - Good luck!- Bye-bye. See you.

0:04:23 > 0:04:26'Mummy, Fudge and I meet our friends.

0:04:26 > 0:04:29'They're here to watch the show with us.'

0:04:29 > 0:04:32- ALL:- Hello!- Hello. So are you ready to listen to some music?

0:04:32 > 0:04:34- ALL:- Yes!

0:04:34 > 0:04:38- It's fun using your imagination. - That's right, so when you listen

0:04:38 > 0:04:41to the music, see what stories come into your mind.

0:04:41 > 0:04:44I wonder what the music will make you think of.

0:04:46 > 0:04:51'The show is about to begin. I'm so excited. And my friends are too.'

0:04:51 > 0:04:54Hello, everybody. Today, we're going to play you

0:04:54 > 0:04:57Clare Grundman's Caprice For Clarinets.

0:04:57 > 0:04:58I hope you enjoy.

0:05:03 > 0:05:08MUSIC: Caprice For Clarinets by Clare Grundman

0:05:23 > 0:05:26'The clarinets sound amazing.

0:05:26 > 0:05:29'They're playing together so beautifully.

0:05:33 > 0:05:35'I start to use my imagination.'

0:05:40 > 0:05:43MUSIC CONTINUES

0:05:44 > 0:05:49'Aw, a happy bunny rabbit. He looks so cute.

0:05:50 > 0:05:55'He is having a lot of fun hopping around the fields where he lives.

0:06:08 > 0:06:10'The happy bunny hasn't hopped

0:06:10 > 0:06:13'so far away from home before.

0:06:15 > 0:06:17'He wants to get back home.

0:06:19 > 0:06:22'Oh, no! The happy bunny is lost.'

0:06:28 > 0:06:32SAD MUSIC PLAYS

0:06:49 > 0:06:52BIRD SINGS

0:06:54 > 0:06:55'Oh, there's a robin.'

0:06:55 > 0:06:58Boing! Boing! Boing!

0:06:59 > 0:07:01'The robin sees the happy bunny.

0:07:01 > 0:07:04'He doesn't look very happy now.

0:07:04 > 0:07:07'The robin asks him what's the matter.

0:07:07 > 0:07:09'The bunny tells the robin he is lost.

0:07:09 > 0:07:12'And he can't find his way back home.'

0:07:34 > 0:07:35HAPPY MUSIC PLAYS

0:07:35 > 0:07:40'The robin says he will help the bunny find his way home.

0:07:40 > 0:07:42'Aw, what a friendly robin.

0:07:48 > 0:07:51'The robin guides the happy bunny all the way home.

0:07:54 > 0:07:58'Aw, he is a very happy bunny again.

0:07:58 > 0:07:59'Thank you, robin.

0:08:08 > 0:08:11'Wow, the music was so good.

0:08:11 > 0:08:14'The wind quartet was amazing.

0:08:14 > 0:08:18'We go to meet our friends who watched the show with us.'

0:08:18 > 0:08:20- Hello, everybody.- ALL:- Hello!

0:08:22 > 0:08:24Did you like listening to the wind quartet?

0:08:24 > 0:08:26- ALL:- Yes.- Did you?

0:08:26 > 0:08:30- I thought the clarinet was really good, wasn't it?- ALL:- Yes.

0:08:30 > 0:08:33It made me think of a rabbit who got lost

0:08:33 > 0:08:35and a robin helped him get home.

0:08:35 > 0:08:37Oh, that's really nice.

0:08:37 > 0:08:40Melody and I were wondering what the music made you think of.

0:08:40 > 0:08:42- Shall we listen again? - ALL:- Yes.

0:08:42 > 0:08:46'Mummy plays the music back for us all to listen to again.

0:08:46 > 0:08:50'I can't wait to hear what the music makes my friends think of.'

0:08:50 > 0:08:52MUSIC PLAYS

0:08:57 > 0:09:00It made me think of the wind blowing and...

0:09:02 > 0:09:04..a bird swooping through the wind.

0:09:04 > 0:09:08- The wind blowing. What was it blowing through?- A storm.

0:09:15 > 0:09:18The music made me think of, like,

0:09:18 > 0:09:23the wind blowing and a butterfly flapping its wings.

0:09:23 > 0:09:29It made a really nice tune and it was a really hot day too.

0:09:36 > 0:09:38Wow, that's lovely.

0:09:38 > 0:09:42It's amazing that both of you thought of the wind in yours.

0:09:42 > 0:09:46Interesting, cos the clarinet is actually a wind instrument.

0:09:46 > 0:09:48Shall we listen to the next part?

0:09:48 > 0:09:52SAD MUSIC PLAYS

0:10:00 > 0:10:03'I love closing my eyes when I listen to the music.

0:10:03 > 0:10:07'It helps me to imagine lots of different things.'

0:10:07 > 0:10:09Talicia, what did that make you think of?

0:10:09 > 0:10:13A fairy was fluttering its wings.

0:10:13 > 0:10:16It was trying to get somewhere, like,

0:10:16 > 0:10:19into a shelter cos it was raining.

0:10:23 > 0:10:26'Aw, I'm glad the fairy found shelter.'

0:10:26 > 0:10:30Evan, I wonder if you saw anything different in your imagination?

0:10:30 > 0:10:35There was a squirrel that was trying to get out of the snow,

0:10:35 > 0:10:39but then he got covered by it in the winter, and he had nothing to eat.

0:10:39 > 0:10:46And then it started to rise and the sunrise turned it into summer.

0:10:46 > 0:10:50And then, he got up to his tree and ate all his nuts.

0:10:52 > 0:10:55'What a cute squirrel!'

0:10:55 > 0:10:58It was a slower piece of music, that piece, wasn't it?

0:10:58 > 0:11:01Shall we have a listen to the next part?

0:11:01 > 0:11:04HAPPY MUSIC PLAYS

0:11:25 > 0:11:27'Great dancing, Marcus.'

0:11:35 > 0:11:39Right, that was the last little section, there, so, Hannah,

0:11:39 > 0:11:41what did that make you think of?

0:11:41 > 0:11:45It made me think of a fox lost in the woods.

0:11:46 > 0:11:50A fox lost in the woods? What else was he doing in the woods?

0:11:50 > 0:11:54He was wandering around trying to get food.

0:11:54 > 0:11:58Let's have a listen again and see if we can see what you saw.

0:11:58 > 0:12:01MUSIC PLAYS

0:12:10 > 0:12:14Look! There's a baby bird who had lost its mum and it was

0:12:14 > 0:12:18flying, but it couldn't fly before so it was really trying to fly.

0:12:18 > 0:12:22Every time the music was going down, the bird was going down.

0:12:22 > 0:12:24But then, at the end, he was able to fly.

0:12:24 > 0:12:27And he found his mum at the end.

0:12:32 > 0:12:35That's lovely. Isn't it brilliant?

0:12:35 > 0:12:38Our imaginations come up with different things.

0:12:38 > 0:12:41And that's absolutely fine. Well, thank you!

0:12:41 > 0:12:45We've loved listening to your ideas. They were all brilliant.

0:12:45 > 0:12:48And don't forget to keep using your amazing imagination!

0:12:48 > 0:12:51- ALL:- Bye!- See you.

0:12:51 > 0:12:57'Everybody has different ideas, but it is all for the same music.

0:12:57 > 0:13:00'It's fun to use our imaginations together.'

0:13:00 > 0:13:03Did you like the ideas the other children had, Melody?

0:13:03 > 0:13:06- Yes, I loved them all.- Oh, me too.

0:13:06 > 0:13:08The same piece of music can mean lots of

0:13:08 > 0:13:10different things to different people.

0:13:10 > 0:13:14- Mummy, can I listen to it again, please?- Of course you can.

0:13:14 > 0:13:15Here you go.

0:13:18 > 0:13:23That music made me think of a bunny rabbit who got lost.

0:13:23 > 0:13:25What did it make you think of?