Exploring Sounds | Activities | Creating Rhythms

A series of demonstration, practice, extension and testing activities exploring sounds, creating rhythms and musical patterns.
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BBC School Radio Perhaps radio is an underused resource in schools but here is an index of programmes as they happen. Simply use them through your computer. An excellent resource with a link to program information to print out.	3D Music One of the most bizarre sites I have ever come across. Learners can 'travel' through portals by zooming into various parts of the scene and arrive somewhere else and can control the music by 'dragging' various parts of the scenery.	Animal Choir A music creation tool for young learners using animal noises over a nursery rhyme background.	Beat Battle A choice of music band leads to an activity in which learners have to look at the colour of note and click on the appropriate arrow key. I can't get beyond round 1 so I can't tell you what happens next!!!
Boohbah Zone A bit like musical Teletubbies. Lots of exploratory musical activities. Needs to be seen to understand it's possible uses.	Animal Pattern Builder A simple fun interactive activity for very young learners. There are 3 options for the type of sound used and then learners create a 'pattern' using the piano keyboard keys. Clicking the 'play pattern' button allows learners to hear the tune they create.	Animal Mix A music creation tool for young learners using animal noises over a nursery rhyme background.	Memory Game A 'Simon Says' type game where learners have to follow the sound pattern for as long as they can.
Composer An excellent interactive activity which allows learners to create music using a variety of different sounds. A simple 'drag and drop' activity which will keep learners busy for hours.	Animal Rock and Roar An interactive activity in which young learners can make music from animal sounds. You can make some quite interesting compositions.	Cartoon Conductor An activity in which learners can create music by rolling the cursor around the cartoon to animate it with images and music.
Discrete A series of chords which seem to get higher but don't.	Animal Match Up A 'drag and drop' activity in which learners match up sounds on CD with the CD boxes with animal pictures.	Cartoon Sound Machine One of those sites kids of all ages will love. A series of sound links which could be used in conjunction with animation creation or other creative activities.
Endless Limitations The title says it all. The site comprises many rhythm beats for learners to clap along to. This develops into actual rhythm creations.	Cave Sounds An activity in which learners listen to a number of sounds as a series of rhythms.	Digital Composer An activity in which learners can create music by identifying the notes they want on the piano and then typing that 'numbered pink ball' into the music grid.
Ffoto Story A detailed account of a project to involve pictures and sound. Well worth looking at.	Compose Music A 'drag and drop' activity in which learners arrange 9 notes onto a stave and the computer will play them back.	Follow 'Em An interactive version of 'Simon Says' using a combination of sounds. It may be stretching it to call it music but it would develop listening skills in learners.
Interactive Clapping Games Links to a series of clapping games to explain beat, rhythm and tone.	Identifying Sounds A simply activity hearing and identifying the sources of sound.	Foxy's Dance Game A simple interactive activity for young learners. A little like a musical version of 'Simon Says' where learners have to click on the notes in the same order as given by the computer.
Music Adventure Land A site which could be used to help learners understand how certain music can create certain moods.	Kazounds Memory Game Kazounds is a musical memory game that gets you to copy the sounds you hear. It's a fun activity for kindergarten or preschool kids as well as older music appreciators. It's the "Simon says" of sounds! Each button has a different colour and tone.	Groove Pentatonica An opportunity to create 'mood music' using the background sounds and a variety of instruments.
Ol' McPauly's Farm As learners click on each animal (and those in the barn) they make their usual noises. I have no idea how this could be used but no doubt someone will find one.	Lizard King An interactive activity in which learners can make strange electronic music by clicking on specific nodes of sound within the drawing. It is the type of activity some learners will love. A class orchestra could be a novelty.	Leo's Barnyard Baton A music creation tool for young learners using pigs, horses and goats.
Pauly's Sound Box Another site which learners may love. How you use it educationally maybe dubious.	Matching Sounds Learners have to match the sound to the correct instrument. Great for listening skills.	Make a Tune Learners click on a number of lanterns to create a tune that is then played back to them.
Seasons An unusual interactive activity which involves an ever changing seasonal scene which includes a number of 'nodes of sound' which learners can click on and create music over the backing track.	Mood Music An activity in which learners listen to pieces of music and create a face to match.	Making Tracks with Drones A more complex music creation tool for more able learners.
Sound Box A site for mixing music tracks with sound effects.	Pauly's Piano Perhaps one of those resources you give to learners to see what they come up with. Basically a set of sounds which can be mixed.	Melodic Contours An activity in which learners can create music by changing the scenes in each of the grids and then pressing play.
Tritone A series 3 notes which are played together.	Pig and Puffin Game With Pig on drums and Puffin on guitar learners can introduce a number of other instruments and listen to the music or 'noise' they create.	Music Machine By simply clicking on the buttons in each section combinations of 'musical sounds' can be created.
	Seaside Activity An activity in which learners link sounds to jigsaw pieces.	Mood Music A simple but excellent interactive activity in which learners listen to six pieces of music and then alter the character face to mimic the emotion they feel about the piece. I think perhaps only more able learners will find this a worthwhile activity.
	Singing Leaves A simple activity where learners click on a set of coloured leaves to create notes. Perhaps they could record their tunes in colours.	Pentatonic Scales A keyboard activity which can play as an organ, chimes or violin. There is the facility to record the composition.
	Sorting Instrument Sounds A simple but excellent 'drag and drop' sorting activity where learners have to sort a variety of instruments into the four quadrants of instruments we blow, pluck, bang and shake. By clicking on each of the eight instruments learners will hear it played.	Rhythm Band An activity in which learners can create music by clicking on the pencil and identifying an instrument and placing those sounds on the grid. The animal symbols are the speed of play and the conductor to start the composition.
	Sound Patterns An activity in which learners 'drag and drop' the 'cave sounds' into a grid to create a series of rhythms.
	Sound Story An activity in which learners listen to sounds linked to sections of a story. Learners have to decide which sound fits which part of the story.
	The Story of Gelert Part 1 is the composition of music to match the mood of a series of pictures depicting the story of Gelert. Part 2 is listening to extracts of music and then putting to the same pictures.


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	Sounds like fun An excellent music making activity. Learners click on the characters who make a sound. Others can be added or stopped simply by clicking.

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