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Watch: Found sounds in the kitchen

You can use everyday objects to make your own sounds. These are called found sounds. You can even reuse things that people no longer need to create found sounds.

YolanDa is exploring her kitchen. What sounds do you think she might be able to make out of objects there?

YolanDa found different recycling materials in her kitchen to make her found sounds.

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A cartoon of jam jars in a row with different coloured liquids in to form a jam jar xylophone.

What did YolanDa find?

YolanDa found some glass jars. The Mighty Music Makers can use these to make a jam jar liquid xylophone.

When you tap a jar with a wooden spoon or pencil, it vibrates making a clinking sound.

A cartoon of jam jars in a row with different coloured liquids in to form a jam jar xylophone.
Ben from Thunder Jam playing a rhythm with two wooden sticks.

Did you know?

The faster something vibrates, the higher the pitch of the sound it makes.

Adding water to the jar makes the jar vibrate more slowly, lowering the pitch of the sound.

Which instrument has lots of notes that could be played with your fingers to make different sounds?

What sounds might you find in your kitchen?

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Watch: YolanDa explores a garden

YolanDa is exploring an allotment to see what objects and sounds she can find. An allotment is a place where you can grow your own fruit, vegetables and flowers.

YolanDa finds lots of things that make really interesting sounds. Watch and listen and see which one you like the best.

Asha playing a hosepipe horn outdoors.

The hosepipe horn is a type of musical instrument that you play by blowing.

This makes it a wind instrument.

Which instruments can be blown to make a sound?

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Activities

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Make your own jam jar liquid xylophone

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Each jar is a different sound on your xylophone - it鈥檚 easier to play if the sounds are in order.

Can you sort the jars in order from the lowest sound to the highest sound?

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Make your own hosepipe horn

Why not have a go at making your own hosepipe horn using an old hose and seeing what sounds you can make to add your own music.

Don't forget to clean your hose first!

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Play your hosepipe horn by blowing into the mouthpiece with pursed lips.

You'll need to practice a 鈥榖uzzing鈥 with your lips to create the note that you want.

The longer your pipe, the lower the pitch of the sound it will make.

Why not try two metres and experiment from there?

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Glossary

Here are the meanings to some important words.

Found sounds - Sounds which can be made using objects around us.
Pitch - How high or low a sound is.
Vibrates - Tiny backward and forward movements.

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