European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday March 252067 stars and Page 7 meet Josh Hutcherson meet Kevin Durant More notes about instruments especially my company inc by Betty Debnam notes on instruments Tow my by Betty Mem o 3007 my Pup up Runng company lot music makers do you love listening to music do you play a musical instrument March is music in our schools month it is sponsored by the National association for music education to promote school music the mini Page celebrates by talking to an expert about some of the mysteries of making music Good vibrations sound is made when something moves Back and Forth very fast or vibrates when something moves in this Way it creates vibrations the vibrations cause tiny particles or molecules in the air to move when someone plays music the air molecules vibrate at the same rate As the instrument when these air molecules reach your ear you hear sound All musical instruments vibrate for example when you strike the top of a drum the drum top bounces Back and Forth or vibrates when making music the musician controls the vibrations so he or she can play certain notes when these boys Pluck a guitar string they make it vibrate musicians can make the music louder by plucking the strings harder the harder the strings Are plucked the bigger the vibrations Are when a musician plucks or bows violin strings the strings Start to vibrate the material the instrument is made of changes the sound the Way the instrument is made changes the sound too this is Why different violins sound different volume and pitch when an instrument creates big vibrations the music is loud when it creates Little vibrations the music is soft pitch is How High or Low a note sounds the pitch is determined by How fast the instrument parts vibrate Low deep notes Are created when there Are a Low number of vibrations per second High notes Are made when there Are a High number of vibrations per second stringed instruments in a stringed instrument the longest strings create the lowest notes the shortest strings create the highest notes musicians can control How Long a string is by putting their fingers on it for example if they press Down on the Middle of a string they create a Shorter string the Shorter string creates a higher note the shape of the instrument helps determine How the strings sound when they vibrate Over a hollow area they sound different than when they vibrate Over a piece of Wood or Metal try this Experiment take a rubber band stretch it tight Over a Box put a Pencil Between the Box and the rubber band Pluck it now try plucking harder does it get louder try moving the Pencil does the sound get higher or lower this is How a stringed instrument works the strings act As kind of complicated rubber bands in music the strings Are stretched across the instrument when the strings vibrate across a sound they get louder sound Board goes across the outside of the instrument the Board keeps the strings Clear of the instrument when a musician presses on them
