0:00:03 > 0:00:07# If you've got a question And you don't know where to go
0:00:07 > 0:00:11# Ask Nina for some help Cos she's got a science show
0:00:11 > 0:00:15# She makes sense of our senses By helping her fans
0:00:15 > 0:00:17# By doing her experiments With potions and with bangs. #
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Touch your tongue!
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Fingers!
0:00:21 > 0:00:22Eyes! Ears!
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Nose!
0:00:23 > 0:00:26# Every day we use our senses
0:00:26 > 0:00:30# Wherever we may go. #
0:00:30 > 0:00:31Tongue.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Fingers.
0:00:33 > 0:00:34Eyes. Ears.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Nose.
0:00:36 > 0:00:41# Nina and the Neurons Find out what you need to know
0:00:41 > 0:00:44# Luke helps us with our eyes And Felix with our touch
0:00:44 > 0:00:48# Ollie sniffs out smells Belle hears so much
0:00:48 > 0:00:51# Bud is Ollie's brother He helps us with our taste
0:00:51 > 0:00:53# They're all Neurons And they're coming to your place. #
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Touch your tongue!
0:00:55 > 0:00:56Fingers!
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Eyes! Ears!
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Nose!
0:01:00 > 0:01:05# Nina and the Neurons Find out what you need to know
0:01:05 > 0:01:07# Oh, yeah! #
0:01:08 > 0:01:12NOTES PLAY ON GIANT KEYBOARD
0:01:12 > 0:01:16Hello, everyone. I'm putting on a musical show today
0:01:16 > 0:01:21and I'll be using unusual instruments like this big keyboard.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Can you imagine how big your fingers would need to be
0:01:24 > 0:01:26to play it with your hands?
0:01:26 > 0:01:28But we need to jump on it like this.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33VARIOUS NOTES PLAY
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Oh, I'm not very good at it, I'm afraid.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Maybe I should have lessons.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Or find another instrument.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Ohh! This is one of my favourites.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52You don't have to touch anything to play it. Watch this.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56DRUMS SOUNDS AND CYMBALS CRASH
0:01:56 > 0:01:57Ah-a!
0:01:57 > 0:01:59To play this, all you need do
0:01:59 > 0:02:02is pass your hand through the beam of light.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04DRUM SOUND
0:02:04 > 0:02:08And the computer can make it play different noises
0:02:08 > 0:02:10like these sound effects.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13SNORING, BOING, WHISTLING, DIAL TONE
0:02:13 > 0:02:15I think it sounds great!
0:02:16 > 0:02:18- ALARM SOUNDS - Oh!
0:02:18 > 0:02:20I didn't think it made that noise.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Sounds like my message alarm.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26That means it must BE my message alarm!
0:02:26 > 0:02:28I'd better go and see who it is.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- BURPING SOUND - Oh, pardon me!
0:02:34 > 0:02:38I hear a beep, I see a flash. I wonder what they're going to ask.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42BEEPING
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Hi, Nina, my name's Joel.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46How do I make my own music?
0:02:46 > 0:02:51Oh, an interesting question. I love listening to music,
0:02:51 > 0:02:54so we'll have fun trying to make some. Bye!
0:02:54 > 0:02:57I think we'll need some help to answerthis one
0:02:57 > 0:02:59and I know just who to ask.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01OK, Neurons, time to get to work.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19ALL: Neurons at the ready, Nina.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21OK, you guys.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Joel's question is, "How can I make my own music?"
0:03:24 > 0:03:28Which neuron will the most useful in helping us find the answer?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- ALL: Me! Me! Me!- Me!
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Will it be fabulous Felix?
0:03:34 > 0:03:38I can help so very much if you need the sense of touch.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Will it be beautiful Belle?
0:03:40 > 0:03:42I send messages brain to ear,
0:03:42 > 0:03:46- if there's a sound, I'll help you hear.- Will it be lovely Luke?
0:03:46 > 0:03:49For looking and seeing, day or night
0:03:49 > 0:03:52- I'll help you with your sense of sight.- Will it be
0:03:52 > 0:03:56- awesome Ollie?- If it's pongy or whiffy but you can't tell
0:03:56 > 0:03:58my messages help your sense of smell.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Or will it be baby Bud?
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Sour, salty, bitter or sweet,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05I'm your taste buddy whenever you eat.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08BEEPING
0:04:08 > 0:04:11- Yes!- It's Belle!
0:04:11 > 0:04:16ALL: Go, Belle! Go, Belle! Go, Belle! Go, Belle!
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- Go, Belle! Go, Belle!- Brilliant!
0:04:19 > 0:04:21I'm all ears, Nina.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Music is something you hear,
0:04:24 > 0:04:28so we need Belle, the hearing neuron to help us out today.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33OK, then, let's go.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42NOTES PLAY
0:04:56 > 0:05:01Meet Joel and his mum and dad, a regular family from Paisley.
0:05:01 > 0:05:06But today, for one day only, they are...
0:05:07 > 0:05:09..The Experimenters!
0:05:16 > 0:05:18- Ready, Belle? - BEEPING
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Oh, it's my big moment!
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Standing by, ready to send lots of messages.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Joel, I'm here to help you answer your question
0:05:29 > 0:05:30about how to make music.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34I think the easiest thing to do is to sing. Like this...
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- # A-a-ah... # - SHE SINGS OUT OF TUNE
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Oh! Stop singing!
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Cover your ears, Neurons, Nina's trying to sing.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44That didn't sound good, did it?
0:05:44 > 0:05:47JOEL LAUGHS
0:05:47 > 0:05:48Did you like that?
0:05:48 > 0:05:53- No!- OK. So if you're not the most fantastic singer in the world,
0:05:53 > 0:05:57- how else could you make music? - With a guitar.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00That's a good idea. Do you have one here?
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Not to worry cos I have something that might do the trick.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07I know it looks like a pot.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11But you'd be surprised the noise it makes. Hold that.
0:06:11 > 0:06:12One for me too.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16What do you do with a guitar? You pluck the strings.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17SOUNDS VIBRATE
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Hey, that's great, isn't it?
0:06:27 > 0:06:30I like that noise. Pling-plong, pling-plong.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34The elastic goes wobbly when they pluck it with their fingers.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38That's called vibration and that's what makes the sound.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41You need both hands to play the guitar, don't you?
0:06:41 > 0:06:45One finger plucks and the other one moves along the string...
0:06:45 > 0:06:50or the rubber bands in this case. Let's try that and see what happens.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52SOUND BECOMES HIGHER PITCHED
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Wow! Amazing. When you move your fingers,
0:06:58 > 0:07:00you change the amount of band that wobbles.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03So when it's short, it sounds quite high.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09And when it's long, it sounds quite low.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16So changing the length of things can change the sound it makes.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20We'll get your mum to play this and we'll see if we can find
0:07:20 > 0:07:22anything else to play.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Ah! What about these pots and pans, Joel?
0:07:31 > 0:07:33What instrument do they remind you of?
0:07:33 > 0:07:37- Drums!- Yeah. They could be good drums.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41We'd need to get drumsticks. Oh, look, what I've found.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44These are perfect drumsticks. D'you want a go? Yeah!
0:07:44 > 0:07:46- Dad as well?- Yes, please.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Ah, good idea, Joel. Good idea.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54And go for it.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57BANGING AND CLANGING
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Oh, they're making such a racket!
0:07:59 > 0:08:02It's nice and noisy, just like real drums.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!
0:08:08 > 0:08:10That is a fantastic noise.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11They are great drums.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15Now, Joel, d'you think your dad will make a good drummer?
0:08:15 > 0:08:18- No!- No?!
0:08:18 > 0:08:19I think he would.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Yeah, I think you'll be fantastic.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Let's leave Dad to do some drumming and you and I'll find
0:08:26 > 0:08:30something else to play, yeah? Take that wooden spoon.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42I've found some more flower pots outside.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45D'you want to give these a go?
0:08:46 > 0:08:48SOUNDS OF DIFFERENT PITCHES
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Oh! What did you notice about the sound?
0:08:53 > 0:08:55- All different sounds.- Yeah.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58And why d'you think they're all different?
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Cos they're all different sizes.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Good point. Let's go again and see if we can notice that.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07BEEPING
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Ah!
0:09:11 > 0:09:16Let's put them in order of size and then we'll see what it sounds like.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Brilliant. I think we've done it well.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Let's have a listen...
0:09:35 > 0:09:39Ah! I don't know about you, Joel, but I thought the big pots
0:09:39 > 0:09:41were making a lower sound,
0:09:41 > 0:09:44going up to the little pot making a high sound.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54Ah, they've put the pots into size order,
0:09:54 > 0:09:57from largest to smallest.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00So the sounds are lined up from lowest to highest,
0:10:00 > 0:10:02just like the keys on a piano.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Ha! You're brilliant at that!
0:10:11 > 0:10:15All our musical instruments will sound brilliant together.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29Hey, young Joel is doing a great job on the flower pots. Ha ha!
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Mm, not too tuneful at the moment.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35But it sounds like they're having fun.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Well done, everyone. That was brilliant.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43We've managed to answer your question, which was...
0:10:43 > 0:10:48how can I make music? You did it by making our own instruments.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52First we used a pot and a rubber band to make our guitar.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56You plucked it like a guitar and the band wobbled and made a sound.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00You could even move your fingers to make the length shorter
0:11:00 > 0:11:04and make the sound higher. Then we got pots and pans to make drums
0:11:04 > 0:11:08and your dad's doing them very well. Then the flower pots
0:11:08 > 0:11:10which we used like a piano
0:11:10 > 0:11:15cos the biggest pots sounded low, all the way up to the tiny pot
0:11:15 > 0:11:17which sounded really high.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19And you guys were all so fantastic.
0:11:19 > 0:11:24I think we should treat ourselves and listen to real musicians
0:11:24 > 0:11:25to get some inspiration.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Wow! Now this is what I call music.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47The piano player's fingers are really busy there.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- What do you think of the music, Joel?- It's great!
0:12:11 > 0:12:15Look at how the strings are vibrating.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Just like the elastic band on the pot!
0:12:39 > 0:12:42# It's been a busy, busy day
0:12:42 > 0:12:45# Questions answered, experiments done
0:12:45 > 0:12:48# We all use our senses in so many ways
0:12:48 > 0:12:51# Tell me, Neurons, what have you done today...? #
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Well I definitely worked the hardest today.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57There were loads of sounds to keep me busy
0:12:57 > 0:13:00with all the music were making and listening to.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Well, I was working hard too, you know.
0:13:03 > 0:13:08You need to use your sense of touch when plucking or hitting things.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Yeah, I was pretty busy.
0:13:12 > 0:13:17I had messages to carry about big and small flower pots.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21And when Nina and Joel were watching the rubber bands wobbling.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Well we've had a bit of an easy day, haven't we, Bud?
0:13:24 > 0:13:28Yeah! But I've still had a fabby time!
0:13:35 > 0:13:37That was great fun.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41I hope you've had a sensational time too! Bye!
0:13:41 > 0:13:44ALL: Bye!