Music Facts for Kids
Fun facts about music and musicians
The tuba is the largest brass instrument in the orchestra and makes the lowest sounds.
Learning music helps children get better at math because both involve patterns and counting.
Ancient Egyptians loved music and played harps, flutes, and drums at celebrations and rituals.
The sitar is a stringed instrument from India with up to 21 strings and a beautiful twangy sound.
The tempo of music means how fast or slow it is played — 'allegro' means fast and 'adagio' means slow.
A choir is a group of singers who perform together, often in harmony.
The cowbell is a simple percussion instrument used in many styles of popular music.
Every culture in the world has its own form of music — there is no society without music.
The harp is one of the oldest instruments and appears in paintings from ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.
Very low bass notes can make your whole body vibrate — you can feel them even without hearing them.