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title: "Exploring and Making Sounds"
description: "Experiment with sounds from voices, objects and instruments: make them louder or quieter, higher or lower, faster or slower; choose and combine sounds to match a mood, a story or a picture"
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# Exploring and Making Sounds

Experiment with sounds from voices, objects and instruments: make them louder or quieter, higher or lower, faster or slower; choose and combine sounds to match a mood, a story or a picture

Subject: Arts & Music · Area: Music · Ages 5 to 7
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/arts-and-music/exploring-and-making-sounds-mt_HkEHXVCzRe

## Ready when they can

- Change a sound deliberately and describe how (e.g. tapping a glass harder to make it louder)
- Choose sounds to match a mood or story moment (e.g. slow low notes for a giant's footsteps)
- Combine two or more sounds and say what they were trying to make (e.g. shakers and tapping for rain)

## Lesson: Exploring and Making Sounds

Sounds can change in fun ways. You can make a sound louder or quieter. You can make it higher or lower. You can make it faster or slower.

**Example.** Mia taps a glass softly. It makes a quiet sound. She taps it hard. Now it is loud. Same glass, different taps.

Sounds can match a feeling or a story. Slow, low notes can sound like a giant walking. Fast, high sounds can sound like a mouse running.

*(drawing: A mouse makes fast, high sounds. A giant makes slow, low sounds. Pick sounds that match your story.)*

**Tip.** Try mixing two sounds together. Shakers and tapping can sound like rain. Say what sound you were trying to make.

**Recap.** Change sounds on purpose, then pick and mix them to tell a story.

## Practice

8 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Opens up

- [Composing Music](https://lightmysky.com/learn/arts-and-music/composing-music-mt_QzScsMn9fX)