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Music to your Ears
How do we make sounds, record sounds and see sounds?
This exciting presentation, with lots of demonstrations and audience interaction, reveals the secrets from the basics of sound to the latest in music technology. Witness the ultimate 'hands-free' instrument and see a musical instrument played with a blowtorch!
Discover what sound is, and see what it actually looks like. Find out how our ears pick up sound, and how they can be damaged by loud music. Uncover the mysteries of how CD players and MP3 players work, and have some fun with synthesised voices!
This show can be adapted by the presenter to suit a wide range of audience ages, and is suitable for family or adult presentations too.
"I never knew that you can amplify sound using a table!" Student
Curriculum Links
Key stage 2
Vibration and Sound
Key stage 3
- Sound cannot travel through a vacuum
- Loudness and amplitude
- Pitch and frequency
Key stage 4
- Light & sound as transverse and longitudinal waves
- Frequency, wavelength, speed and amplitude
- Waves transfer energy without transferring matter
- Human range of hearing: 20Hz - 20kHz
- Ultrasound
A-Level
- Resonance, damping, harmonics, standing waves and beats
About the Show
Duration
45 or 60 minute versions available
Suggested audiences
Can be adapted for all age groups
Requirements
- Power sockets
- Data Projector
- Projector Screen
- Two long tables
- 3.5mm jack to sound system or speakers
- Room that can be darkened
