Music Facts for Kids
Fun facts about music and musicians
Franz Schubert wrote over 600 songs — he was so prolific he sometimes forgot what he had already written.
Beatboxing is a form of vocal percussion where someone uses their mouth to imitate drum sounds and rhythms.
Some gardeners play music for their plants — studies suggest certain sound frequencies can help plant growth.
The tabla is a pair of hand drums from India — they are central to Hindustani classical music.
Sound cannot travel through a vacuum — in outer space, no one can hear an orchestra play.
Music helps memory — the alphabet song is a good example of using melody to memorise a sequence.
Arnold Schoenberg invented a 12-tone technique in the 1920s that used all 12 musical notes equally.
Pythagoras discovered that pleasing musical intervals correspond to simple mathematical ratios like 2:1 for an octave.
The secret behind the extraordinary sound of Stradivarius violins is still debated — some scientists think it was a special wood treatment.
Counterpoint is the art of combining two or more independent melodies simultaneously — Bach was its greatest master.