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Music: Age 12
11 illustrated Music lessons for Age 12.
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The Four Families of the Orchestra Each instrument family has its own kind of sound, called timbre, because it makes sound in a different way: st… -
The Five-Note Scale on the Black Keys A pentatonic scale has only five different notes in each octave, while most everyday scales have seven. If you… -
Five notes on the black keys A pentatonic scale uses only five notes in each octave, while a major scale uses seven. If you play just the b… -
The Piano's Hidden Five-Note Scale A pentatonic scale has five notes in each octave, and a major scale has seven. On a piano, the five black keys… -
Five Ways to Make Music Every instrument makes sound by making something vibrate, and what vibrates sorts it into a family. It can be … -
Three bands, three eras of sound Music from different times and places uses different instruments, rhythms and moods. Comparing a string quarte… -
The Major Scale A major scale is eight notes that climb from a starting note to its octave. The steps between them follow a fi… -
Orchestra Families and Sound A symphony orchestra groups instruments into strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. Each group makes sound… -
Orchestra Sound Makers An orchestra groups instruments by how they make sound. Bowed strings, blown woodwinds, buzzing brass, and str… -
Melodies That Return and Change Music often repeats a tune, moves to something different, then comes back. Some forms keep bringing the tune b… -
How an Ensemble Sounds An ensemble mixes different instruments at the same time. The way each part is high or low, loud or soft, fast…