Innovative. Immersive. Immediate.
CHALLENGE: SOUND EFFECTS ORCHESTRA
We used this challenge to create the music and sound effects for our play. It’s also a great way to scare your friends with some seriously spooky sound effects!
What you need
STEP BY STEP
What you need: Instruments; materials; objects and body parts; anything that make sound!
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FIRST: Gather a group of your friends, family and/or neighbours and collect whatever makes sound. Bragging rights go to the person who finds the most creative noisemaker! Some examples of common household items that make great sounds include: a cheese grater, cutlery, beans in a glass jar or box, etc.
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NEXT: Using your collection of noisemakers, explore all the different sounds they can make.
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NOW: Making your own outdoor play? Challenge each other to make sounds effects from the story. Or, having a fun afternoon playing with sound? Challenge each other to make every kind of sound effect in the whole wide world ever!
LEVEL UP
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Choose your favourite sound effects and create a soundscape with them. This can be of a scene in your play, or a mood, or even a place.
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Take turns acting as the Conductor and guide the shape of the soundscape by raising your hands to increase the volume or bringing them to touch the floor for silence.
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Get half the group to close their eyes and try to guess which noisemakers are being used to make a sound effect or soundscape.