A Chicken in a Cup! Making Instruments with Year 3 一个小鸡杯！三年级乐器制作

This term, YCIS Beijing Year 3s have been constructing their own musical instruments. Mrs Anne Dwyer, music teacher at YCIS Beijing, discusses the importance of the project – and tells us how to make a chicken in a cup!

这个学期，北京耀中国际学校三年级的学生学习了如何制作自己的乐器。北京耀中音乐老师Anne Dwyer女士解释了这个项目的重要性，并告诉我们如何用一个杯子发出小鸡的声音。

This term I have been making musical instruments with the Year 3s, from easy-to-buy materials such as cardboard tubes, string, foil and plastic cups.

这个学期我指导三年级的学生学习制作乐器，从易于购买的材料（如纸管，线绳，铝箔和塑料杯）入手。

The process of making an instrument is a valuable way to teach how sounds are produced. It delivers a richer understanding of music-making that builds on lessons that they have been covering in other subjects.

制作乐器的过程是教导学生声音是如何产生的有效方法。建立在其他课程学习的基础上，乐器的制作为学生提供了对于音乐制作更丰富的理解。

For example, there is an intrinsic relationship between pitch and instrument size – think about violin, versus cello, versus double bass. When the children make their own instruments and explore the different effects on pitch that changes in size can have, it really brings this understanding to life.

例如，音高和乐器尺寸之间存在着固有关系—例如小提琴、大提琴和低音提琴。当孩子们制作他们自己的乐器并探索尺寸的变化对音高的不同影响时，他们确实将这种理解带入了生活。

The water xylophone is a great way to demonstrate pitch. By filling five glass bottles with different volumes of liquid, you can create different pitches. Our students at YCIS Beijing have strong sense of pitch – owing to our violin programme that starts from Year 1 – and they were able to create perfect scales from experimenting with the water levels.

水木琴能很好的展示音高变化。将不同体积的液体注入五个玻璃瓶，你可以创造出不同的音高。我们北京耀中的学生有着很灵敏的音感—归因于从一年级开始的小提琴课程，他们能够通过试验水位创造出完美的音阶。

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[TEACHER PROFILE] Primary Music Teacher Anne Dwyer

[VIOLIN PROGRAMME] Violin Virtuosos at YCIS Beijing

[VIOLIN PROGRAMME] 3 Things Your Child Learns Playing the Violin 学习小提琴的3个好处