Music and Sound
By Amir Afifuddin Aminuddin
Key Words
Ear
Instruments
Band Guitar
Music and Sound
Table of contents Introduction 4
What is Music? What are the different kind of music?
5 6
Music around the world
7
In the band
8
How is sound travel?
9
High and Low sound
10
Rhythm The ear
11 12 - 13 14
Conclusion Fun fact
15 16
Glossary
17
Index
18
Bibliography
19
Quiz
Introduction Have you ever wondered how music can effect your feeling? Music can make you relax It can clam you down. Different types of music have different rhythms or beats that can make you feel happy, sad, surprise, excited, scared and angry. These beats will also tell you what genre the music is. Different genres of music can also change the way you feel. Listen to the sound around you and relax. This book will teach you about different types of music, how sound travels, high and low sound and the ear..
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What is Music? Music is sound from Mouths and Instruments. Music is made of different sounds.
The sound can be low sounds and highs sound that Come together to make a harmony.
Wow! Facts - Flowers can grow faster by listening to music. - A song that get stuck in your head is called an "Earworm"
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What Are The Different Kind Of Music? There are a instruments with many kind of music like percussion, a wind instruments and a strings instruments or A group that play all the instruments together are called Orchestra. There are a lot of different kind of music, they are pop, rock, country, Rap, RnB, Classical, techno, Jazz, Trance and Hip Hop
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Music Around The World Drum in West Africa, is very important because of the rope around the Drum. It is made of piece for wood and is covered with Goat Skin on top of the Drum.
Thumb Piano in Africa, made from Metal or Bamboo keys. For the long key it make it low and for the short keys make it high Daf in Iran, is like a trambourie. Which is covered with Fish Skin or Goat Skin. metal rings are put inside the frame.
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Kotsuzumi in Japan, is a small wooden hand drum. With shape of an hourglass. Where it is held on the shoulder.
Gendang In Malaysia, make from taut buffalo or cow hide. The biggest drum used in the palace is called Gendang Nobat.
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In the Band There is lot of instruments to play in the band. Agroupofpeopl eplayingalltog ether.
They are Band, Guitar, Trumpet, Drum and Piano in the band! There are also different band logo
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How is sound travel? Sound wave travel through Solids, Liquids or Gas by vibrating Molecules.
Sound can make air particles vibrate. In case of a room with flat walls, the sound will bounce off. That mean when you speak you hear the echo.
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High and Low sound There are High Sound and Low Sound everywhere in the world! The high sound is like a bird sound or a baby crying.
The low sound is like the sound of a truck or a plane.
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Frequency Is a different type of vibration. A guitar has thin strings that make a high sound and a thick strings that make a low sound.
Thick strings
Thin strings When thin strings vibrate they move very fast. This is a high sound
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Rhythm Rhythm is a foot tapping you make when you listen to a song. Rhythm make you want to move and dance to a song.
This photo show you all about rhythm.
Every music has different type of rhythm. The marching rhythm is always the same, while flamenco music from Spain has a fast and slow rhythm.
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The ear
The ear collect sound waves and changes them into tiny electrical currents and travel on nerves to brain.
Middle Ear
Three tiny bone in the Middle Ear transfer the vibration of the eardrum in the ear. The vibrations of the eardrum are too weak for the Inner Ear to detect them.
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Inner Ear One part of the Inner Ear has three semicircular canals that help the balance. Small hair and nerve ending. The vibrations move through the water and vibrate the hair than, the hair touches the nerve ending, which sends electrical currents to the brain.
Outer Ear The Outer Ear is made of Pinna, which is skin and cartilage, auditory canal and eardrum, Pinna collect sound waves and carries them to the auditory canal. When sound waves reach the eardrum, it will vibrate.
Labeled Ear semicircular canals
Pinna
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auditory canal Eardrum
Conclusion Everybody thinks music is amazing. Some people think music has a problem on hurting their ears but I strongly think music is the best because it help you feel better. I still want you to know all about music. Now tell me how do sound waves travel? I hope you enjoy reading this book. You should be an expert on music now! Be sure to listen to music and listen to the instruments and the beats too.
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Fun Fact The song Jingle bells was originally written for thanksgiving. Loud music can make a person drink more in less time.
Glossary
Harmony - Different musical notes played or sing at the same Percussion - Musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or by hitting it Orchestra - A group of musicians who play many different instruments together Molecules - A molecule is a group of two or more atoms that stick together that nobody can see them. Frequency - The number of sound waves that pass a place in a second. Nerves - A nerves is one of the thin fibers that send messages between you brain. Pinna - The outer part of the ear in humans and other mammals Cartilage - Cartilage is a flexible material can be found in various parts of your body.
Index Echo 10 Guitar 12 Band Logo 9 flamenco 13 Plane and Truck 11 Baby crying and bird sound 11 Middle Ear 14 Inner Ear 15 Outer Ear 15
Bibliography Title: Sound and music Author: Richard Northcott Pages: Pg, 16, 17 Title: Sound and music Author: Richard Northcott Pages: Pg, 16, 17 Website: http://www.biguniverse.com/read/inthe-band
Title: Changing sounds Author: Franklin Watts Page: Pg 22
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Music and Sound