How do you create musical patterns?

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There's nothing more fun than making music, but have you ever tried to draw musical sounds? This is where we get creative - let's see what you can do.

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The Triad Whistlers - Do, Me & Soh from the 'Not Just Noise' Quest pantomime

Extension 2:

Creative Music

AIM: To stimulate lateral thinking and creativity.
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The participants should have access to a variety of instruments. They experiment in order to discover what sounds they can produce then choose a manner of depicting:

STAGE 1. Coloured shapes
STAGE 2. Picture strips depicting basic movements.
STAGE 3. Picture involving situations that require using pitched sounds.
STAGE 4. A given story line.

Creative Music Sheet

Exercise / Activity

1. Play these shapes with body instruments.
2. Play them with any other instruments.
3. Draw some patterns of your own and play them.

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