Music Facts for Kids
Fun facts about music and musicians
The flute is one of the oldest instruments — a bone flute found in Germany is 43,000 years old.
An orchestra is divided into four sections: strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion.
Musical notes are named after letters: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.
The ukulele comes from Hawaii and its name means 'jumping flea' in Hawaiian.
Clapping your hands is a form of making music — it creates rhythm, which is the heartbeat of music.
A xylophone has wooden bars you hit with a mallet, and each bar plays a different note.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart started composing music when he was just 5 years old.
Music therapy is used in hospitals to help children relax and feel less pain.
Maracas are shakers filled with seeds or beads — they are popular in Latin American music.
Music reaches your ears because sound travels through the air in invisible waves.