Marvellous Music

With Mrs Lyall, we have been listening to a suite of music by Camille Saint-Saens called Carnival of the Animals. 

We have been thinking about the choice of instruments and the melody to try to identify the animal each piece of music represents. 

Today we listened to a piece representing an elephant. The composer used a piano for the chords and a big double bass from the string family to make the deep sound of a large animal.

We worked in groups to identify the musical note lengths form the main melody. 

We then played the rhythm with out drum sticks! 

We are becoming confident at reading music!