We make a change! Okay everyone, we all have the parts we're going to be singing right?
Yup! Got one! Great!
Well, we'll only have a short time in the recording studio so we've got to make sure we're ready!
I'm going home right now to rehearse my part!
I'll be ready with mine too!
Great! Then, when we all come together in the studio, we'll be the best singers ever!
Yeah! Welcome to Stories for Kids by Lingokids, where we discover fascinating facts about the world around us and the fun of play -learning.
Today, we're examining music.
I think we all have songs that we love to hear, but what makes them sound so good?
Today, the Lingokids' friends are going to be figuring that out, and it might not be as easy as they think.
Let's check on the rehearsals.
I think Elliot is practicing right now.
Ding dong! Ding dong!
Ding dong! Ding dong!
Wow! I sound great!
Oh, but maybe it's just a shower.
Ding dong! Ding dong!
Nope! Still great! I wonder how Cowie's doing with her part!
Part, Cow to Belle's sweet silver bells all seem to say through, cares away.
Yes! This is going really well.
I hope Lisa's working on her part.
What's it through here?
Words of good cheer from everywhere, filling the air.
Hmm, I wonder how Billy's doing.
Billy's been working hard getting ready for his part.
Well, if everyone sounds as good as I do, I think we're going to be awesome!
I'd better get down to the recording studio and meet up with Elliot, Cowie, and Billy.
What do you think, Lingokids listeners?
How do you think the friends will sound when they all sing together?
All right, everyone.
I'm your recording engineer.
I'll be the one recording your song today.
Can you step into the booth, please?
Wow! It's so cool in here.
I feel like a professional singer.
Okay, everyone ready?
I'll count you in. A one and a two...
Part, Cow to Belle's sweet silver bells all seem to say through, cares away.
Um, let's try that one again.
Part, Cow to Belle's sweet silver bells all seem to say through, cares away.
Wait for my cue, please.
What's a cue? Part, Cow to Belle's sweet silver bells all seem to say through, cares away.
Let's take it from the top.
The top of what? Um, maybe we should just take five.
Oh, I love that song.
Just take five, just take five.
Oh, boy. Sounds good for Christmas is here.
But wait, Christmas isn't here yet.
What are we doing this song?
People listen to Christmas songs earlier and earlier every year.
It'll be perfect. Whoa, what's that?
It's like the sound a flower makes when it glues.
It's the sound of the sun rising.
It's the sound a little bird makes when it takes to the air for the very first time.
Yeah. Actually, it's my friend.
Your friend? Sure, that's Cynthia.
She's a professional singer and songwriter.
I think she's working on her new album.
Maybe we can peek in and say hi.
Sin? Hi, come in. We are working on recording a song too.
Yeah, that's cool. How's it going?
It's not so great, actually.
Actually, not fantastic.
Yeah, kind of. Not really.
Oh, not great. Hey, well, maybe I can help.
Let's hear what you got.
What's it sayin'? Whirr, how could you.
Whirr, how could you.
Whirr, how could you.
Oh, let me guess. You all have been rehearsing by yourselves.
Yes. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I guess so.
Kinda good. Well, this shouldn't be too hard to fix.
Really? We're still pretty new at this.
When did you start singing, Sin?
I started writing music or just singing out loud and making up songs.
You know what? I can't remember when I started to do it.
I must have been three or four years old when I kind of started singing along to the radio or when I was alone in my room kind of making up songs by myself.
Cool. And I've always felt like because I'm able to do that, that music is a friend for me, a friend, you know.
Even when I'm alone in my room, I can sing out loud and I can write about something and maybe write a poem or something.
And it always just kind of feels like I have someone who's listening.
Wow. I don't think we're ready for that yet.
We sound kind of clunky.
We've just got to get you on beat and on key.
On beat? On key? Exactly.
And the best thing you can do is listen to each other.
Sin, but don't we need to focus on our own parts?
You're right, Elliot.
But if you're listening to what's going on around you, you can stay on key.
Certain sounds fit really nicely together.
And those make nice music.
Like the one you just heard from Sin.
Sin, what was your favorite song when you were a kid?
Well, it's not a very popular song, but it is a classic song.
So if you don't know it, I encourage you to listen to it.
It's a song called Crazy by Patsy Cline.
And when I was growing up, we had these things called cassette tapes.
And I was so in love with this song that my grandmother recorded it on a cassette tape from the radio, bought me a little cassette player, and I used to play it over and over just by myself.
And this was before I was in kindergarten.
What about your kids?
What are they like?
My daughter is only a year old, so when I'm changing her diaper, I sing the Elmo.
Beatrix's song. You know, and I put her name in it.
And I was like, can you sing La La La?
And she tries. So that's kind of how I'm introducing them to music.
That's great! Okay, everybody.
Can you tune in with me?
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
You got it! The next thing is that you're all going at different speeds.
Let me show you something.
See how I'm peeping a beat?
You know exactly when the next clap is going to come, right?
Now watch. I'll double it.
And now I still know when the claps are coming, even though you changed it.
That's right. Don't think about just your part.
Think of each other, and you'll do great.
Think of each other!
You got it! Keep following it through.
If you have an idea and you want to put it out through music, you can do it.
And it's possible. Also, keep practicing.
If you don't get it one day, you might get it the next.
That's a good lesson!
Is there anything else that music has taught you?
Well, music has taught me so much about myself and so much about the world.
Music has taught me that we can connect in ways greater than just language through just dancing to beat and universal themes.
Themes that no matter what language you speak, you understand happiness and sadness and all of that.
But on a personal level, music has taught me to never give up.
That there's always a solution in my music to just keep going even when it seems hard.
Wow! Thanks, sis! You're the best!
No problem. Y 'all ready to give it a try?
Yeah! One! Two! One!
Two! Three! One! Two!
Three! One! Two! Three!
Three! Two! Five! Five!
Two! Today we learned a lot about music and also how it can translate to our regular lives.
If we listen to each other and support one another, we can be more connected.
We'll see you next time!
Hi! It's Elliot here.
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