Mr. Fite is giving out candy to all the kids on Halloween night in hopes of entertaining the kids with funny jokes. Mr. Henry tries to help Mr. Fite with his jokes...but it kinda goes wrong...Check it out to see what happens! We even recall our conversation with Grammy Award-Winning Film Composer - Harry Gregson Williams! Woohoo!  Check out the full interview with Harry HERE! ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE! Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com    Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano  

Getting scary music ready for Halloween? Mr. Henry directs the music spotlight on What Makes Music Sound Scary? Learning about how certain chords create scary-sounding music. You can even take the listening quiz to check up on your aural skills.    Classroom and Homeschool Teachers: Find our digital resource here!    Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com!    Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   Major and Minor Video   Quiz Answers:   Major  Minor  Major Minor 

What makes an instrument part of the brass family? Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite explore the brass family and teach all about this LOUD group of instruments. Learn about their experience in playing brass instruments as well!    Thank you so much for listening to the show. Please leave us a review on iTunes!   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!  Check out the YouTube Channel!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com    Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   Quiz Answers:   Which instrument is part of the brass family?  Second Instrument  First Instrument  First Instrument Second Instrument  SUPER CHALLENGE: First Instrument (Trumpet)

Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite take a ride in the Teleportation Zaparoonie 3000s to land in the great country of India! They explore and teach everyone about some of the super cool instruments from India.     Thank you so much for listening to the show. Please leave us a review on iTunes!   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!  Check out the YouTube Channel!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com    Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   Quiz Answers:   Which instrument is from India?  First Instrument  Second Instrument Second Instrument Sitar

Mr. Henry teaches us all about Mozart; one of the greatest composers to ever live. Learn about his music, history, and even some myths about the musical genius ~ MOZART!    Thank you so much for listening to the show. Please leave us a review on iTunes!     Send in your jokes by visiting our website  www.themusicpodcastforkids.com ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!  Check out the YouTube Channel!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com    Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   App of the Month:   Play pop tunes on the keyboard by using your math skills!  www.makemusiccount.com

Mr. Fite and Mr. Henry dig into Rock Music. Exploring the history of rock and what instruments you typically find in a rock band. Test your ears with the listening challenge and even learn about our own experience with playing in rock bands!  Thank you so much for listening to the show.  Please leave us a review on iTunes!     ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!  Check out the YouTube Channel!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com    Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano     Quiz Answers: Drums Bass Keyboard Guitar

The Music Spotlight shines down on two awesome composers as Mr. Fite teaches and tells the story of Robert and Clara Schumann. Two famous composers and pianists who fell...IN LOVE! To learn more about composers we recommend checking out www.makingmusicfun.net    Thank you so much for listening to the show. Please leave us a review on iTunes!     Send in your jokes by visiting our website  www.themusicpodcastforkids.com  ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!  Check out the YouTube Channel!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com    Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano  Disclosure: We have no affiliation with www.makingmusicfun.net. We just think it’s a great website to learn more about music :-) Enjoy!

Mr. Fite and Mr. Henry teaching all about the orchestra. Exploring the four different families found in the orchestra ~ string, brass, woodwind and percussion, and of course the conductor.  Test your ears with the listening challenge and even learn about our own experience with seeing a live orchestra when we were kids!    Thank you so much for listening to the show. Please leave us a review on iTunes!     Send in your jokes by visiting our website  www.themusicpodcastforkids.com.    Thank you so much for listening to the show.  Please leave us a review on iTunes!     ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!  Check out the YouTube Channel!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com    Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano    Quiz Answers: Brass Family String Family Percussion Family  Woodwind Family

Mr. Fite and Mr. Henry teach everyone about the piano including the parts of the piano, the history of the great invention, and much more!   Thank you so much for listening to the show! Please leave us a review on iTunes.      Send in your jokes by visiting our website www.themusicpodcastforkids.com.      ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!  Check out the YouTube Channel!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com    Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   

Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite had the pleasure of chatting with a great friend of the show Fred Mollin for a second time! Fred Mollin is an American and Canadian record producer, musician, film and TV composer, music director, music supervisor, and songwriter. He has produced records for many famous singers and has composed music for movies and television for more than forty years.  As an artist, he has written and produced music for a series of children's albums, including Disney: Lullaby Album: Instrumental Favorites For Baby, peaking at #6 on January 26, 2001, on Billboard's Kid Album music chart; and Disney's Princess Lullaby Album, which peaked at No. 23 on October 25, 2002 (Billboard). He created the musical group Fred Mollin and the Blue Sea Band, composing and producing albums such as Finding Nemo-Ocean Favorites, Lightning McQueen's Fast Tracks, and others, primarily released on Disney/Pixar albums. Covering an important base in Fred's musical life, he has completed his second Fred Mollin With His Friends children's project, entitled "Special Days". This album, for the very young ones, is volume two of his previous project "It's Great To Be A Kid". This new project is released in conjunction with the 8 Pound Gorilla children's label. The album contains Fred's original songs about holidays and celebrations; tracks about Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year's Eve, and more!   Check out his new album “Special Days” here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5phfBfs5m4M https://open.spotify.com/album/1oUhuOE661iTYgGWvCFpZ3?si=qit3CGgRRwySVECFFPxg-w https://music.apple.com/nz/album/special-days/1666444502 Visit Fred’s website HERE   Check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Learn music and the piano with Mr. Henry by subscribing to his YouTube channel:  Mr. Henry’s Music World

Hey All! We want to wish everyone a Happy New Year! Enjoy this episode that features the New Year Rap. 😀   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano

Tom Sharpe is an internationally recognized, award-winning composer, performer, and recording artist. He is a sought-out clinician and performer of his own works, and the artistic director and principal performer of the Sharpe World Music Ensemble. Along with his own music, Tom is the drummer for the widely popular, Grammy award-winning group, Mannheim Steamroller.    **TEACHERS! Tom Sharpe offers affordable master class sessions for your students! Check out tomsharpe.com for more info.    Check out videos and music from Mannheim Steamroller: https://youtu.be/4zcZiIVcdOg https://youtu.be/Q02O6qKZS1s https://youtu.be/a80m4IJQkJU   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com    Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano  

Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite continue their musical journey with Santa around the world! The sleigh crashed in the mountains and they got some help from a friendly neighbor. They learned about some yummy traditions and helped Santa navigate with their music knowledge. On to the show!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Join Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite on a musical journey around the world! Someone VERY special lands on Mr. Fite’s roof. Santa?! Santa needs Mr. Henry's and Mr. Fite's musical expertise to navigate around the world. Everything goes according to plan until they head toward Zimbabwe.  Where did they crash? Find out on today’s episode. On to the show!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Check out Mr. Henry's YouTube Channel and be sure to subscribe! Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Get in the Holiday Spirit with a fun song composed by Mr. Fite all about the big guy...SANTA! Learn about the song, try the body percussion rhythms, and sing along 🎶 Check out the full video on our YouTube channel HERE and make sure to subscribe to the YouTube channel for more fun videos!  Music Podcast for Kids YouTube Channel  ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our FREE digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE! Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com    Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano  

Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite sit down and chat with the incredible lead guitarist, music director, and composer of Trans-Siberian Orchestra! We get to learn about Al's journey with music and more about the awesome, one-of-a-kind, rockin' group Trans-Siberian Orchestra! Best known for their incredible Holiday music.    Watch and listen by visiting Trans-Siberian Orchestra YouTube Channel Check out our Youtube channel HERE! ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE! Like us on Facebook!  Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com/music  Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano

Happy Thanksgiving from Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite! Get up and move to The Thanksgiving Rap! Body percussion parts to move along to and even learn about The Bo Diddley Beat! You can check out the full video that goes along with the Thanksgiving Rap here ----> https://youtu.be/kA-VIqTiPEU   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com    Mr. Henry Learn music and the piano with Mr. Henry by subscribing to his YouTube channel:  Mr. Henry’s Music World

Finish up the journey with Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite as they help their alien robot friend ABACA while learning all about form in music.  Check out our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/themusicpodcastforkids Remember to Share and Subscribe! ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE! Like us on Facebook!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at https://brucefite.com and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano

Continue on the journey with Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite as they help their alien robot friend ABACA while learning all about form in music.  Check out our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/themusicpodcastforkids Remember to Share and Subscribe! ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE! Like us on Facebook!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at https://brucefite.com and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano

Join Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite (and some other friends) as they test their ears by figuring out the musical form.  Check out our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/themusicpodcastforkids Remember to Share and Subscribe! ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE! Like us on Facebook! Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano

Mr. Fite is giving out candy to all the kids on Halloween night in hopes to entertain the kids with funny jokes. Mr. Henry tries to help Mr. Fite with his jokes...but it kinda goes wrong...Check it out to see what happens! We even recall our conversation with Grammy Award-Winning Film Composer - Harry Gregson Williams! Woohoo!  Check out the full interview with Harry HERE! ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE! Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com    Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano  

Are you getting scary music ready for Halloween? Mr. Henry puts the music spotlight on What Makes Music Sound Scary? Learning about how certain chords create scary-sounding music. You can even take the listening quiz to check your aural skills.   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite travel through time to learn all about the history of jazz. Learn about the different styles of jazz that evolved throughout time. Even learn about Mr. Henry’s and Mr. Fite’s experience of playing jazz music!    Thank you so much for listening to the show. Please leave us a review on iTunes!     Send in your jokes by visiting our website  www.themusicpodcastforkids.com ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!  Check out the YouTube Channel!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com    Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   Quiz Answers: Which style of jazz?  Dixieland Jazz Free Jazz Jazz Fusion Bebop Jazz

Mr. Fite and Mr. Henry had the pleasure of sitting with the brilliant, hilarious duo... Trout Fishing in America! We learned all about Keith and Ezra's journey with music and even got to hear a couple of their great tunes. Be sure to leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening! Check out Trout Fishing in America's website: https://www.troutmusic.com/ Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe!  ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE! Like us on Facebook!  Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  brucefite.com and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano Check out Mr. Henry's Youtube channel! https://www.youtube.com/c/MrHenrysMusicWorld/videos

To finish up our exploration through dynamics, sing along with The Dynamics Song! On to the show!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Join Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite (and some other friends) as they travel to the planet Dynamicus! This dynamic adventure is out of this world - literally! On to the show! Check out our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/themusicpodcastforkids Remember to Share and Subscribe! ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE! Like us on Facebook! Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano              

Where did the QR code take Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite? This dynamic adventure is out of this world - literally! Be sure to challenge your ears with the Dynamics Gameshow! On to the show! Check out our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/themusicpodcastforkids Remember to Share and Subscribe! ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE! Like us on Facebook!  Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano

Let's continue our journey with building the Music House! Next up... Dynamics! Learn all about Dynamics at the start of our adventure. Woohoo!    Check out our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/themusicpodcastforkids Remember to Share and Subscribe!   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE! Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano

Mr. Fite and Mr. Henry talk all about the recorder! Where did it come from? Why is it called a recorder? Take a dive into the history and even learn some super sweet tips to help you play the recorder.   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com    Mr. Henry Learn music and the piano with Mr. Henry by subscribing to his YouTube channel:  Mr. Henry’s Music World   Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!

Get ready to rock out AGAIN with Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite! The Music House Song helps us understand all of the different parts of a song: Beat, Meter, Rhythm, Pitch, Melody, Dynamics, Form, Tempo, and Timbre. Listen to the song over and over again to get it into your brain! Then you will know what to listen for when you hear your favorite song!   You can see our Youtube video of The Music House here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OyUR34QIFM Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE! Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Check out our interview with Michael Sapoznik about his super cool music adventure activity and story "Ben the Brave". https://www.benthebrave.com   Be sure to leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening! Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***    Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE! Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  brucefite.com and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano Check out Mr. Henry's YouTube Channel!!

In today’s episode, we get to jam out AGAIN with Mr. Henry’s Summertime Rap! This is a fun song about...well… summertime! Listen and rap along. Oh and there’s also body percussion and a cool Listening Challenge at the end. See if you can tell whether the patterns are the same or different. Maybe you could play along with a friend or even make up your own rhythm challenge to share with someone.    Be sure to leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening! Check out the video of Mr. Henry’s Summertime Rap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XXmgv6HUtc Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE! Like us on Facebook!  Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  brucefite.com and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano Check out Mr. Henry's YouTube Channel!! FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite discuss the woodwind family. Learn about the weird instrument Mr. Henry is inventing in his instrument lab as we discuss and hear instruments of all types. You even get to try out your listening skills with the super challenge!  Thank you so much for listening to the show. Please leave us a review on iTunes!   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE! Like us on Facebook!  Check out the YouTube Channel!  Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com  Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano Which example is part of the Woodwind Family? Number One or Two?   1 Example One: Piccolo   2 Example Two: Clarinet  3 Example One: Oboe   4 Example One: Saxophone

Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite discuss Pop Music! Listen and learn about the different sections needed to create a pop song...and even sing along with a song all about... POPCORN! 🍿   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]    

Yeeehawww Music Podcast for Kids listeners!! Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite teach us all about the history of country music. Take a listen as they travel through time to visit the place where it all started. And of course, they make their way to ‘Music City’ ~ Nashville, Tennessee! Learn about where country music all started and some fun facts about country artists today.    Thank you so much for listening to the show. Please leave us a review on iTunes!     Send in your jokes by visiting our website  www.themusicpodcastforkids.com ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!  Check out the YouTube Channel!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com    Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano 

Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite explore the toe-tappin' sounds of Ragtime Music. Syncopation makes us want to tap our toes and dance, dance, dance! Listen for the even left-hand part mixed with the syncopated right-hand part as they explore a little bit of the Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin (one of Mr. Fite’s favorite composers).  On to the show! Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resources to help enhance your classroom HERE! Like us on Facebook!  Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE! Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  brucefite.com and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Join Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite, and Mr. Hairylegs as they turn a rainy day into a blues song and the best day ever! Breakfast, hamsters, race cars, and music?! Find out more in today’s episode.  Be sure to leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening! Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE! Like us on Facebook!  Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  brucefite.com and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano  Listening Challenge Answers:  1 Minor (sad)  2 Blues Scale  3 Major (happy)

This week we revisit one of our most downloaded episodes: Goofy Instruments! Mr. Henry teaches us all about these goofy instruments. Learn about the Theremin which makes spooky, cool sounds. Also discover how instruments are made from things you (hopefully) consume every day!  Thank you so much for listening to the show.  Please leave us a review on iTunes!     A big shout-out to our newest Patron Jamie Burnett! Thanks for supporting the show, Jamie! Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE! Like us on Facebook!  Check out the YouTube Channel!  Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com  Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano App of the Month: Check out more vegetable instruments through vegetableorchestra.org

To celebrate National Little League Baseball Week, we're bringing in a pinch-hitter encore episode. Sing along with Mr. Fite with a parody of Take Me Out to the Ball Game! It’s simple, it’s catchy, and it will help you remember what music pitches are. On to the show! Be sure to share it with a friend! Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE! A big THANK YOU to everyone who supports the show through Patreon! Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

In today’s encore episode, we get to jam out again with Mr. Henry’s Summertime Rap! This is a fun song about...well… summertime! Listen and rap along. Oh and there’s also body percussion and a cool Listening Challenge at the end. See if you can tell whether the patterns are the same or different. Maybe you could play along with a friend or even make up your own rhythm challenge to share with someone.    Be sure to leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening! Check out the video of Mr. Henry’s Summertime Rap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XXmgv6HUtc Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE! Like us on Facebook!  Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Bill Childs produces the nationally syndicated family radio show Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child, based at KUTX 98.9 Austin, distributed by PRX to commercial and noncommercial stations across the country. It is one of the longest-running family music programs on the air. He also owns Spare the Rock Records, which has released four compilation benefit albums that have collectively raised over $200,000 for various charities.   Check out his radio show for kids HERE!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite finish the adventure to learn about one of the most famous composers EVER - Beethoven!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!

There’s so much to learn about Beethoven. Mr. Henry wrote an awesome rap that’s all about Beethoven! Listen in and rap along with Mr. Henry. Be sure to share it with a friend! On to the show!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite continue on the adventure to learn about one of the most famous composers EVER - Beethoven! You will hear a REALLY famous piano piece, find out what a child prodigy is, and see if Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite’s heads shrink when going to visit Beethoven’s house!? On to the show!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano

Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite are on an adventure to learn about one of the most famous composers EVER - Beethoven! You will hear a REALLY famous piano piece, find out what a child prodigy is, and see if Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite’s heads shrink when going to visit Beethoven’s house!? On to the show!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Aileen Miracle is a seasoned music teacher and currently teaches K-5 general music and choir in the Olentangy Local School District near Columbus, Ohio. She also helps music teachers all over the world with a great blog and podcast called Mrs. Miracles Music Room. Today we get to learn more about Mrs. Miracles' journey of music, some cool things kids can do at home to keep music alive and fun at home, and how teachers of all types out..homeschool and music, can get a bunch of awesome FREE ideas for their classroom. On to the show! Check out Aileen’s Website HERE. Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Check out this awesome song by Mr. Fite! Learn all about the music notes on the staff.   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Episode 107: Interview: Rich Simpson   Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite sat down with Fitness Trainer and Professional Recording Artist Rich Simpson! Rich shares his musical journey with Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite. He also explains his newest album “Through My Mind’s Eye.” Listen to find out the creative process Rich uses to write his exciting and positive music.  On to the show! Check out Rich Simpson on Twitter HERE. Listen to “Through My Mind’s Eye” HERE. Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Congratulations to our Music of Ireland Coloring Contest winner! 

Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite take a trip to the Melody Mansion for a melody competition but it turns into a music investigation! Who took the melody trophy? Take a listen to find out!    Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite sat down with Music Educator and YouTuber Cameron Moten! Cameron is the creator of the fast-growing Elementary Groove Tracks channel on Youtube. His videos are high-quality and lots of fun to play along with. We hope you enjoy hearing about his musical, educational, and technological journey. On to the show! Check out Mr. Moten’s website: https://www.elementarygroovetracks.com/ Be sure to visit Elementary Groove Tracks Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfopZ7PJOE6V3M12aHdVe1Q/videos Have fun making music with Mr. Moten!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Mr. Hairylegs pushed the BUTTON!!! Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite are headed back to the ballgame but this time they learn about the organ that plays cool music during baseball games. Oh and there’s muffins (well, sort of)! On to the show!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Sing along with Mr. Fite with a parody of Take Me Out to the Ball Game! It’s simple, it’s catchy, and it will help you remember what music pitches are. On to the show!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

In part 2 of The Music of Ireland Encore series, Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite finally get to Ireland! They enjoy the beautiful scenery and learn about some really cool Irish musical instruments. They also discuss some traditional Irish song forms which are also great for dancing. Oh, and who’s that? Mr. Hairylegs?! How did he get to Ireland? Find out in today’s episode! We also got to chat with Marc Gunn, an Irish/Celtic music podcaster and musician.   Marc Gunn’s podcast can be found here: https://www.celticmusicpodcast.com/   Listening Challenge Answers: 2nd instrument 1st instrument 2nd instrument 2nd instrument   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, have fun listening to this episode encore. Join Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite on an exciting adventure as they take a hot air balloon to Ireland. We run into Mr. Hairylegs and make a snack run before the big trip. This is part one of a two-part series. Wish us luck as we learn about the music of Ireland! On to the show!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite had the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Henry Alviani. Dr. Alviani is one of Mr. Henry’s former college professors! Dr. Alviani has a rich knowledge of choral music as a singer, conductor, and composer. Here’s a little more info about Dr. Alviani: Henry Alviani is Director of Choral and Vocal Music Studies and Assistant Professor of Music at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. He earned the BA in Music Education from Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles; the MM in Choral Conducting from California State University, Fullerton; and the DMA in Choral Music from Arizona State University. His conducting instructors include Paul Salamunovich, Howard Swan, and Douglas McEwen. He twice performed with Helmuth Rilling at the Oregon Bach Festival, once as a member of the Conductor's Master Class. He also worked extensively with John Cooksey at CSUF. After twelve years as a public junior and senior high school choral director in Southern California, he has directed choral ensembles of all kinds and has taught studio and class voice, choral conducting and methods, and music theory and history at the college level since 1993. Currently he also sings with the Pittsburgh Opera Chorus.  On to the show! Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Mr. Fite’s new baseball bat has some pretty powerful features. Mr. Henry accidentally pushed a button on the bat and sends them on a crazy fun trip to the stadium for the pitch tournament. The whole cast of characters helps us learn all about pitch! Mr. Hairylegs, Darlene, Jerry Slapdash, and even coach Fluflenfloffer! Use your great listening skills to help Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite figure out which pitch is higher or lower. On to the show! Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers*** Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE! Like us on Facebook!  Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE! Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite are listening to some pretty cool music from around the world. The greatest part is that ALL of the music they hear uses rhythm. Listen to the long and short sounds and even the silence. Rhythm can be very simple and easy to follow but it can also get pretty complex. Try to keep up with all of the rhythm-exploration activities in today’s episode. On to the show!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite explore the toe-tappin' sounds of Ragtime Music. Syncopation makes us want to tap our toes and dance, dance, dance! Listen for the even left hand part mixed with the syncopated right hand part as they explore a little bit of the Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin (one of Mr. Fite’s favorite composers).  On to the show! Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Does Mr. Henry’s new bass guitar have magical powers?! In this episode, Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite get magically transported to the Rhythm Listening Musatarium. A magical place to engage in rhythms that help your listening and clapping skills. You can complete the listening adventure with Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite. Oh and there’s also a crazy amount of pickles…yep, pickles!  On to the show!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite got to sit down with rockstar Casper Babypants (aka Chris Ballew) for a second interview. Hear what Chris has been up to and what possibilities are ahead for him. We had the privilege to speak with Chris about his 19th, and LAST album called Easy Breezy which was released on November 5th, 2021.  On to the show!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Travel through time with Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite as they learn how meters in music have been used throughout history. Floating sounds, marching, and rockin’ out is what this episode is all about. On to the show!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Sing along as we learn about meter. On to the show!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Listen for the music that makes us want to sway! Meter in 3 is often called the waltzing meter because the special dance called the waltz is performed to music in a meter of 3. Have fun learning about the Waltz King, Johann Strauss II. Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite, and Mr. Hairylegs learn all about him in this episode! On to the show!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Time signatures, measures, and waltzing, oh my! Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite continue building their Music House. They have a steady beat, but now they need to organize those beats into measures. Meter is how we organize beats in music. Join Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite on an exciting trip to… Musicville… Ooooooo!  On to the show!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Five people try out for the part of Santa. Which one will get the part? Listen to today’s episode to find out. Santa Auditions is an original song written by Mr. Fite. A swinging fun song that helps us practice our vowel sounds.  On to the show! Here's the sing-along video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rdW_XPZVZg Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite celebrate the holiday season by teaching a little history about the music we love, listen to, and sing along with during the great giving season. We even learn about the BIG man ~ Santa Claus! Learn about what makes up a partner song and sing along in this fun holiday episode.  Thank you so much for listening to the show. Please leave us a review on iTunes!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Episode 87: Holiday Music Around the World  - Part 2 Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite continue their musical journey with Santa around the world! The sleigh crashed in the mountains and they got some help from a friendly neighbor. They learned about some yummy traditions and helped Santa navigate with their music knowledge. On to the show!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Episode 86: Holiday Music Around the World  - Part 1 Join Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite on a musical journey around the world! Someone VERY special lands on Mr. Fite’s roof. Santa?! Santa needs Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite's musical expertise to navigate around the world. Everything goes according to plan until they head toward Zimbabwe.  Where did they crash? Find out on today’s episode. On to the show!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom Teachers and Homeschoolers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Mr. Henry has a big project to finish for his World Music class. He talks Mr. Fite into taking a trip to Indonesia using the Transportation Zaparoonie 3000. Let’s hope Mr. Fite is not barking like a dog again! Buckle up and get ready to explore Gamelan Music.  On to the show!   Check out our Steady Beat song video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX6MH-mCHxA   You can see our original song about the  Music House here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OyUR34QIFM   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

The steady beat is everywhere! It’s in our feet, in the car, in the game room - everywhere! Today’s episode spotlights The Steady Beat song by Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite. Be sure to sing along and share it with your friends. On to the show!   Check out our Steady Beat song video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX6MH-mCHxA   You can see our original song about the  Music House here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OyUR34QIFM   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Support The Music Podcast for kids on Patreon HERE!   Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Mr. Henry found out how to fix the Transportation Zaparoonie 3000 so Mr. Fite doesn’t meow like a cat anymore! Travel with Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite to Vienna Austria to find a driving beat performed by an orchestra and back home to find a modern song with a “four on the floor” drum style. This will help repair a spot on the Music House foundation. On to the show!   Check out our Steady Beat song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX6MH-mCHxA You can see our original song about the  Music House here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OyUR34QIFM   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

What’s that sound coming from behind that door in Mr. Henry’s attic? Listen carefully as  Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite (and Mr. Quarter Note) go on a musical adventure to learn all about BEAT. Play along with the Steady Beat game hosted by Mr. Slapdash!   Check out our Steady Beat song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX6MH-mCHxA You can see our original song about the  Music House here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OyUR34QIFM   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Mr. Fite sat down with music teacher and author Vicky Weber of Trunk Up Books.  Vicky Weber is a musician and an elementary educator with a love for children’s literature. As a Puerto Rican author of Taíno descent, she strives to create picture books that are fun, engaging, and educational. All her current titles are based on her background in music education or her heritage.   Check out Vicky's books on Amazon HERE To learn more about Vicky and her books, visit her website www.trunkupbooks.com   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Get ready to rock out with Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite! The Music House Song helps us understand all of the different parts of a song: Beat, Meter, Rhythm, Pitch, Melody, Dynamics, Form, Tempo, and Timbre.   Listen to the song over and over again to get it into your brain! Then you will know what to listen for when you hear your favorite song!   You can see our Youtube video of The Music House here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OyUR34QIFM   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]  

This episode helps us get to know Stephanie Leavell of Music for Kiddos.  Stephanie is the creator of Music for Kiddos, a website that provides high-quality music and music resources for music therapists, music educators, and parents. She's mom to a spunky young daughter, a seasoned performer, an experienced music educator, and a board-certified music therapist. Stephanie is a Berklee College of Music graduate and is passionate about using music to help kids succeed. She specializes in working with babies and kids through age 6.   Stephanie jokes that she has a low tolerance for cheesy music. She writes music to help kids be successful in their daily life: night-time routines, transitions, movement, instrument exploration, academic concepts, and helping kids understand and express their feelings. Music cannot be "prescribed", because the effectiveness of music is highly individualized, but this is a starting point... some tried and true music and resources that you might find helpful, too.  You can learn more at https://www.musicforkiddos.com/   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Music is built just like a house. This episode kicks off our exciting new season and theme. We will be picking apart music to see what elements make up a song. Today’s episode will give us an overview of how a song is built from the foundation up just like a house. Stay tuned for more exciting episodes as we build our MUSIC HOUSE! You can see our original song about the Music House here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OyUR34QIFM   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Andrew Jed is a songwriter and producer of Tricked Out Tricycle; a collection of songs for kids to explore a variety of topics that use their imagination in a fun and engaging way. Andrew has written music for film and TV while continuing to be a studio and live performer. Today we get to sit down to chat more about Andrew’s journey with music and even get to learn more about his awesome new album called Interrobang for kids that adults will also enjoy!    Make sure to check out www.trickedouttricycle.com and also streaming platforms like spotify and apple music to listen for free! Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]  

Suzi Digby was born in Japan and lived in Hong Kong, Mexico, and the Philippines before settling in the UK. She is a leading choral conductor and music educator and has promoted the revival of singing in the schools and communities in the UK. In 2016 she founded ORA Singers. She also founded the following National organizations: The Voices Foundation, a leading Primary Music charity; Vocal Futures, which nurtures young audiences for classical music and the London Youth Choir, which comprises five choirs, drawing singers, aged 8–22, from all of London’s boroughs and multiple communities. She is Visiting Professor of Choral Studies at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles) and in 2014 launched the professional vocal consort The Golden Bridge in California. She has conducted, annually, 2,000 voices in the Royal Albert Hall, London, in a scratch Youth Messiah. She has also conducted many leading ensembles, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the London Mozart Players, The English Concert, and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. She is the official choral conductor for The Rolling Stones and she regularly adjudicates choral competitions and gives workshops and lectures around the world. She was Acting Music Director of Queens’ College, Cambridge, where she founded and now runs the Queens’ Choral Conducting Programme.   Check out Suzi Digby’s website: https://www.suzidigby.com/   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

10 Year Old Singing Sensation Kiara Dokaj Born to perform, Kiara Dokaj's career started at the tender age of 2 where she performed regularly for family, friends, and at school for her classmates. Kiara won the “Most Promising Performer Award” at the 2020 Youth Talent BC Competition. She placed in the Top 5 competing against singers twice her age or more. Kiara is involved with the “You Are a Sunflower” charity group which assists sick children and poor people in Albania. She also represented Canada at the 2020 World Championships of Performing Arts in California. You can catch her performing at the KPU International Music Festival. Kiara has been a busy girl, working in the studio with VanZ. She recently release her debut album Make This Right, available on Apple Music and other streaming platforms.  Be sure to leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening!   Check out Kiara’s title track from her new album Make This Right https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENZRzV0Ovhk   You can see more videos of Kiara singing on her Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbWRrfLG4iV_ImDL3QxxiDg/featured Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

What makes an instrument part of the brass family? Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite explore the brass family and teach all about this LOUD group of instruments. Learn about their experience in playing brass instruments as well! Thank you so much for listening to the show. Please leave us a review on iTunes!   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!  Check out the YouTube Channel!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com    Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the FREE Mini-Piano Course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano    Quiz Answers: Which instrument is part of the brass family? Second Instrument First Instrument First Instrument Second Instrument SUPER CHALLENGE: First Instrument (Trumpet)

Take a journey will Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite to the great country of Japan. Learn about the music from Japan on their not so luxurious boat trip…. In fact, the Captain of the boat seems to have a little trouble during the entire trip. Hopefully, they make it, but learning about some cool instruments from Japan will be heard and enjoyed!      Thank you so much for listening to the show. Please leave us a review on iTunes!     ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE! Looking for more resources to enhance and help teach The Music of Japan Episode? Check out the: Music Class in a Box: Music of Japan    Like us on Facebook!  Check out the YouTube Channel!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com    Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the FREE Mini-Piano Course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano  Which instrument is from Japan?  Second Instrument  First Instrument First Instrument First Instrument

Mr. Fite and Mr. Henry had the pleasure to sit down with the brilliant, hilarious duo.... Trout Fishing in America! We learned all about Keith and Ezra's journey with music and even get to hear a couple of their great tunes. Be sure to leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening! Check out Trout Fishing in America's website: https://www.troutmusic.com/ Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

ENCORE! Mr. Fite and Mr. Henry teach everyone about the piano including the parts of the piano, the history of the great invention, and much more! Be sure to leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening! Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Mr. Fite had the pleasure to sit down with Blues artist and award-winning songwriter Steven Courtney. This interview is on location in Steven Courtney’s production studio. Along with a very interesting start in music, Steven shares some insights on how he approaches songwriting. Steven has been a performing songwriter since 1991. Few artists are as committed to expanding the boundaries of Children’s Music and Family Entertainment as Steven Courtney. Courtney’s songs inspire imagination and positive social behavior with a superabundance of creativity added. Somewhere, today, Steven is probably performing a show, encouraging children and families to work hard at loving and caring for each other.    Be sure to leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening!   Check out Steven Courtney’s website: stevencourtney.com   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]  

In today’s episode, we get to jam out with Mr. Henry’s Summertime Rap! This is a fun song about...well… summertime! Listen and rap along. Oh and there’s also body percussion and a cool Listening Challenge at the end. See if you can tell whether the patterns are the same or different. Maybe you could play along with a friend or even make up your own rhythm challenge to share with someone.      Be sure to leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening!   Check out the video of Mr. Henry’s Summertime Rap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XXmgv6HUtc   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]

Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite sat down with Robert Miller and Chris Mallet, the members of Duo SF, an amazing guitar duo. They share their musical journey from when they were kids all the way up to today as founders of The California Conservatory of Music.  Robert and Chris also created a really cool app called Practice Space which they use with their students at the Conservatory.     Be sure to leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening!   Check out the Duo SF website: https://www.duosfguitar.com/   Explore the Practice Space app HERE.   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]  

Music Notes ‘N Stuff (Encore) In this encore, Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite explore some of the most common notes found in music. Check to see who wins the music note game and even sing along with a fun song all about the steady beat! Woohoo!     Be sure to leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]  

What are all of those things a drummer hits when playing the drum set? That’s what today’s Spotlight is all about. Learn about the snare, toms, bass drum, and more! Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite had a very informative chat with Danny at the music store. You’ll hear lots of drum set parts and even a little history of the drum set. Be sure to check out the App of the Month where Mr. Henry shares about GarageBand, a very fun music creation tool!   Be sure to leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening!   Visit and subscribe on Phredd’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/phreddcatt   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!] 

Ukulele Month continues on The Music Podcast for Kids!  This week, Mr. Fite interviews his friend,  Fred McNaughton. His stage name is Phredd and wow what a fun guy he is! We learn how Phredd began playing the ukulele and why this instrument has brought so much joy to his audiences and fans.   Phredd is The Ukulele Strumming, Harmonica Wailing, Suitcase Drum Kicking, Quirky Singer-Songwriter of Unmitigated Joy! Phredd is the dad of 8 kids and the grand-dad of 6. He is a big kid himself.   Check out the Phredd Central website. There’s music, videos, and more! phreddcentral.com   Be sure to leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening!   Visit and subscribe on Phredd’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/phreddcatt   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]   

Aloha! Ukulele Month continues on The Music Podcast for Kids!  This week, Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite sit down to chat with virtuoso ukulele player Jake Shimabukuro. In this interview, you’ll hear how Jake got started playing the ukulele and some of his adventures as he travels the world. He also has some wise words for beginner ukulele players. Be sure to leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening!   Visit Jake’s website at https://jakeshimabukuro.com/   See some cool videos of Jake on his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHvWv6d-IWyWquyq_xuFAuQ   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!] 

Ukulele Month continues on The Music Podcast for Kids! This week’s episode is all about virtuoso ukulele player Jake Shimabukuro. We hope you enjoy learning about Jake and his ukulele journey. Tune in next week for our interview with Jake Shimabukuro! Be sure to leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening! Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   FREE Rock Out Loud Online Music Teaching Platform  [Disclosure: The Music Podcast for Kids is an affiliate of Rock Out Loud which means we receive a percentage of sales if a teacher decides to upgrade the service. There is no additional cost to the user. Our link gives access to the app for free as well!]    Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano

Aloha! May is Ukulele month on The Music Podcast for Kids! We kick it off with a spotlight episode all about the Jumping Flea, um…Ukulele. What’s all this talk about fleas? Find out in this week’s episode.  Be sure to leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening!   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano    

We’re wrapping up Jazz Appreciation Month this week on The Music Podcast for Kids. Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite sat down with jazz singer Lindsey Benedict. Be sure to leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening! Lindsey Benedict is a jazz singer, performance coach, public speaker, and worship leader with a passion for world travel.  She enjoys performing with the Judson Jazz Orchestra, a Nashville-based big band with a unique musical blend of hymns and jazz standards.  She also sings with the Metro Big Band on musical mission trips facilitated by Global Missions Project. ​For 20 years, Lindsey was a voice and piano instructor and in 2019 began Music City Showcases.  This live music production company provides performance opportunities for all ages through showcases, singing contests, and summer camps.   Lindsey also provides performance coaching for those that are preparing for auditions, contests, and pageants.   When Lindsey isn't making music, she loves to encourage people through public speaking, especially women's groups.  She serves on the worship team at Southpointe Community Church south of Nashville where she lives with her husband Joe, son Joseph and black lab, Darcy Lynn.   Learn more about Lindsey Benedict by visiting her website http://www.lindseybenedict.com/   Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano    Watch the video with Lindsey Benedict on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/VcZArF7EfFI

Jazz Appreciation Month continues on The Music Podcast for Kids. Join Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite, and Mr. Hairylegs as they turn a rainy day into a blues song and the best day ever! Breakfast, hamsters, race cars, and music?! Find out more in today’s episode.  Be sure to leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening! Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano    Listening Challenge Answers: Minor (sad) Blues Scale Major (happy)    Let the music begin in 3, 2, 1... Learning music, having fun. That’s what we’re gonna do. Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite, exploring along with you. Learning music, having fun. That’s what we’re gonna do. Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite love hanging out with you. The Music Podcast for Kids!   Hello and welcome to The Music Podcast for Kids we're your hosts Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite - Music educators extraordinaire! The Music Podcast for Kids is a fun and educational podcast where we learn and explore the best subject ever -  music!     And now, the music joke of the day. We love jokes. So if you have a joke, please visit our website themusicpodcastforkids.com to submit your joke. And guess what? It doesn't even have to be a music joke; it can be any joke. We will read and enjoy your joke on the podcast and also let everyone know who it came from and where you are in this great big wonderful music world.    Our joke of the day is   Hey Mr. Fite? Why is the ocean blue? Ummm… I don’t know. Because the island didn’t wave back.    Make sure to send in your jokes by visiting our website themusicpodcastforkids.com a link to the website can be found in the show notes.    And now the music word of the day.   Music Word of the Day: Bruce: Before we get to our main subject of the day, Blues, let’s take a look at the music word of the day:    Bill/Bruce: Scales!   Bill: Mr. Fite, why do you want to talk about weighing yourself on a music podcast? Or did you want to talk about rock climbing? (kind of to self) I can see it now, scaling the face of El Capitan! No ropes, just some powder, and my muscular fingers...    Bruce: No, Mr. Henry! Not that kind of scale, a music scale   Bill: Oh, right, a music scale   Bruce: That’s right. A music scale is kind of like going up or down a set of stairs. It’s a set of notes in a particular order and it has a special sound. I remember when I was younger, as I would go up a set of stairs, I would skip some steps and take some, one at a time. That’s exactly how a music scale works.  Bill: Music scales are awesome! Bruce: Listen to this scale. Does it sound happy or sad?  Bill: Definitely happy! That’s a major scale. Bruce: How about this one?  Bill: That one makes me feel sad (sniff, sniff). It’s a minor scale. Bruce: Now here’s a scale that has a special “feeling down” sound.  Bill: That IS different. It’s kind of sad, but, at the same time, it kind of makes me feel better.  Bruce: Exactly. That’s what makes a blues scale special. That’s the beauty of scales in music. If a composer wants the music to have a certain feel, they will choose the scale that best fits that feeling.  Bill: So there you have it. Music has a very important foundation:   Bill/Bruce: Scales!   Thank you so much for listening. We hope you are enjoying the show so far. Please subscribe to the podcast to receive the latest episodes and leave a review through iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. Also, get updates on what we are up to through Facebook and Instagram by finding us at Music Podcast for Kids. Links will be found in the show notes. On to the show!   And now, The Main Subject of the Day:    Bill: Hey, Mr. Fite! How ya... doing. Wow, you look sad.   Bruce: Hey Mr. Henry. I am sad because it’s raining and I was hoping to go outside and play. I’m feeling blue...   Bill: Blue? Maybe you should stop holding your breath.    Bruce: No, not the color blue, I’m FEELING blue. When we say we’re feeling blue, it means we feel sad or bummed out about something.    Bill: Oh right.    Bruce: My playtime got rained-out so you could say I’ve got the rained-out blues.   Mr. Hairy Legs: Hey Mr. Henry, hey Mr. Fite! How ya doing?   Bill: Oh, I’m fine, but Mr. Fite has the blues.   Mr. Hairy Legs: Oh, the flu! Having the flu is NO fun, I had it once.   Bill: No, he is BLUE!   Mr. Hairy Legs: Oh, blue. Well, he looks more pale and pasty than he does blue, but, I’ll take your word for it. My eyes aren’t really the best these days.   Bruce: Mr. Hairy Legs, when we say we are blue or have the blues, we mean that we feel sad or bummed out. All of this rain has ruined my plans to play outside today.    Bill: Well, you got your bath and you’re all dressed so why don’t you have something to eat? I could cook us up some eggs and toast. Mr. Hairy Legs: I don’t like the legs of the roast, that’s always the toughest part to chew.   Bruce: No, he said EGGS and TOAST! Mr. Hairy Legs: Oh, that sounds delicious! Bill: Okay eggs and toast it is! (Maybe some cooking noises and then eating noises) Bruce: Phew! I feel better having eaten something. Thanks for making breakfast, Mr. Henry.  Bill: No problem, Mr. Fite. Hey, what’s the weather looking like out there? Bruce: Let’s see here...oh no! Now it’s sleeting outside Mr. Hairy Legs: Who’s sleeping outside? This is NOT good camping weather. Bruce: No, Mr. Hairy Legs, the rain has turned into sleet! Mr. Hairy Legs: Oh... Bill: Hey, Mr. Fite. I just found this cookbook on your shelf. “Teach Your Hamster How to Cook.” That sounds like fun! Bruce: Oh, yeah! That’s my favorite book. It only takes 15 minutes! Mr. Hairy Legs: Well, I don’t think hamster tastes very good. It must be an acquired taste.  Bruce: Umm… never mind Mr. Hairy Legs… Bill: How ‘bout we watch some TV? Bruce: Great idea! Hey, my favorite show is on. It’s about a race car and a cool pink flamingo.  Mr. Hairy Legs: Oh, yeah! Ringo was my favorite Beatle too, Mr. Fite. Bill/Bruce: Oh boy... Bruce: Hey, guys! Look! The sleet has turned into… SNOW!!! Mr. Hairy Legs: Let’s go!! Bruce: No, Mr. Hairy Legs. I said snow.  Mr. Hairy Legs: I know you said snow. Whadya think I’m hard of hearing or something? Bruce: Oh, sorry Mr. Hairy Legs. Let me find my favorite pair of shoes. My big red snow boots! Bill: Yeah, I’ll go get my snow boots too! Hey Mr Fite, you don’t look sad anymore. Your big red boots helped you lose your rained-out blues! Everyone: Woo Hoo! Let’s go! Bill: One hour later…(coming back inside from playing in the snow) Bruce: Hey guys, while we were out playing in the snow, I had a great idea for a blues song! I’ll grab my guitar and practice the blues scale to get ready for my solo. Mr. Henry, you can play the bass, it’s over there.  Bill: Oh cool! Bruce: And Mr. Hairy Legs, you can hop on the drums over there.  Mr. Hairy Legs: I chomp with my gums all the time. How about I play the drums? Bruce: Uhhh… yeah… uhh great idea Mr. Hairy Legs.   Okay fellas, here we go! The Music Podcast for Kids is brought to you by brucefite.com. Our very own Mr. Bruce Fite has truly fun and educational songs to listen to and sing along to. Music can be purchased through Facebook, CDBaby, and other downloadable websites. Stream Bruce’s music through Spotify, Amazon Radio, or wherever you listen to music. Bruce also performs live events. Visit brucefite.com for more information about his music and booking live events.     Time for the super-duper music challenge. It’s time to test your ears. Test your ears? I don't think you can really give your ears a test Mr. Henry. I mean how do your ears hold a pencil without bleeding? Oh no Mr. Fite, when I say test your ears I mean listening to something and trying to figure it out through hearing it. Oh right of course. Time to play the music podcast for kids super duper music listening challenge. A little bit long of a title? We’ll have to work it out. Okay onto the challenge.   In today’s episode, we learned about scales. And we got to listen to three different types of scales. The major scale, which sounds happy. The minor scale which sounds kind of sad. And the blues scale which is kind of a mix between the two. So, I’m going to play one of these scales and I want to see if you can guess which one it is. Are you ready? Here is number one. Is that scale major (happy), minor (sad), or the blues scale? Which one do you think it was? Here is number two. Is that scale major (happy), minor (sad), or the blues scale? Which one do you think it was? Here is number three. Is that scale major (happy), minor (sad), or the blues scale? Which one do you think it was?   How did you do? Hopefully, you nailed it. You can go to the show notes to check your answers. Awesome!   Time to wrap it up, folks! Thank you so much for tuning in to the Music Podcast for Kids. We hope you enjoyed the show, and most importantly, learned something cool today about music. Remember to send in your jokes or even a topic in music you would like us to discuss by visiting our website themusicpodcastforkids.com. If you are interested in awesome educational and fun songs for your kids to listen to and sing along with, please visit brucefite.com. Music is available to download with iTunes, CD Baby, and Facebook, and most streaming platforms like Spotify and Amazon Radio. Links will be found in the show notes. If you are interested in learning how to play the piano with a fun and engaging curriculum geared toward kids, please subscribe to Mr. Henry's YouTube channel called Mr. Henry's Music World. Links would be found in the show notes. Please visit iTunes to leave a review of the podcast and also share the podcast with friends, relatives, aliens, whoever! Again we thank you so much for tuning in! 

Jazz Appreciation Month continues on The Music Podcast for Kids as Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite interview Grammy-Award Winning singer and music educator Sharon Cho. Her music journey is exciting and inspiring! Be sure to leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening! Listen to and sing along with the uplifting song “You-Nique” that Sharon talked about during the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6cmXLzxfZE Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano    Hey there Music Podcast for Kids listeners! This is Mr. Henry and we want to thank you so much for listening to the show. We absolutely love educating the world all about music and you know what's pretty cool? You can be a part of our mission as well. If you leave a review, more people can listen to the show. So, you can help us with the journey of educating the world all about music. So if you could take a moment to leave a review of the show we would greatly appreciate it. Thanks so much!  Let the music begin in 3, 2, 1... Learning music, having fun. That’s what we’re gonna do. Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite, exploring along with you. Learning music, having fun. That’s what we’re gonna do. Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite love hanging out with you. The Music Podcast for Kids! Hello and welcome to The Music Podcast for Kids we're your hosts Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite - Music educators extraordinaire! The Music Podcast for Kids is a fun and educational podcast where we learn and explore the best subject ever -  music!   And now, the music joke of the day. We love jokes. So if you have a joke, please visit our website themusicpodcastforkids.com to submit your joke. And guess what? It doesn't even have to be a music joke; it can be any joke. We will read and enjoy your joke on the podcast and also let everyone know who it came from and where you are in this great big wonderful music world.  Our joke of the day is This Joe comes from David, a listener of the show. Why does the cow stay up so late? To see the moooooooon!  Make sure to send in your jokes by visiting our website themusicpodcastforkids.com a link to the website can be found in the show notes.  Thank you so much for listening. We hope you are enjoying the show so far. Please subscribe to the podcast to receive the latest episodes and leave a review through iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. Also, get updates on what we are up to through Facebook and Instagram by finding us at Music Podcast for Kids. Links will be found in the show notes. On to the show! Just Chattin’: Sharon Cho is an instructional coach, clinician, and social-emotional learning trainer lead at Quaver Ed. Sharon works with educators of all subjects around the nation. Her personal experiences and background has inspired her many goals towards and for equitable schools. Sharon also comes from a diverse performance background, receiving a Grammy for her background vocalist role in Taj Mo, a collaborative album by Taj Mahal and Keb Mo. She's also recorded lead vocals for two featured films and sang background vocals during the Nashville leg of the 2017 Hans Zimmer live tour. Hello Sharon and welcome to the show! Thank you for having me. I'm so elated to be here with both of you. Awesome. Well, thanks. It’s great to have you here and thank you so much for being with us today. So first I just wanted to know what part of the world do you live in? I am in the midwest. I am in Chicago, Illinois currently. We always like to start out by asking our guests about their background with music education as a child. And so what experience did you have as a child, like in maybe in the school setting and possibly outside of the school setting? Yeah, that's a great question. I owe a lot to music. I grew up an EL student. and I wasn’t able to speak English let alone understand academic Standard English fluently until I was about maybe 4 through fifth grade. And for that reason, I struggled in school. I pretended to understand things to avoid embarrassment. There were policies and procedures in the classroom that were hard for me culturally and the cultural assimilation from such an early age really worked against me. And it really you know I struggled academically as well as emotionally and music was the one place in school I felt seen and that I could participate in without feeling ostracized. And like I had to wear a mask to fit in. so I also had the same advantages as my peers in the music classroom which was huge. We learned the skills together and there was a true multiculturalism in the curricula where we celebrated different cultures. There was an understanding that all cultures were appreciated on the same level. That music saw color and that music didn't treat me like I was in a Melting Pot where it was expected of me to blend or to melt into the same thing as everyone else and instead everyone and every song and every language was appreciated for its differences. Like a big salad bowl and that was huge for me. Yeah, that's amazing and you know, just talking to you and you would never ever think that English was your second language. Pretty amazing so yeah. And I'm sure that takes a lot of work. A lot of practice. What was your first language? Korean.  So you had a lot of great experiences in the public school system with music. Did you do anything outside like private lessons or anything like that? Well, I grew up with piano in the house and was mostly self-taught and though I do a lot of that learning to my cousin Julie who is a fantastic pianist. She taught me to read lead sheets and the fundamentals of just reading chords. I also group in the church and was a member of the band and played for service every Sunday. And that's where I really learned the joy of practice, improvisation, and performance. And so while I didn't really have formal private teachers for lessons, I was definitely surrounded by mentors who taught me a lot of lessons. So was piano your primary instrument as a child or just going to do a balance of both voice and piano or other instruments? I actually say that my primary instrument was voice. While I played piano and flute as a child, voice definitely came first and that's where I learned pitch, artistic expression, and, most importantly, just appreciation for myself? What type of music education did you have in high school where were you in choirs and all that in high school or band? Yeah, I was definitely a choir gal. I sang in our school choir. I performed in all of our variety shows and talent shows. I have competed in solo ensemble. I joined the show choir as a singer and dancer. And I actually was one of the founding members of the vocal Jazz program at our high school. Yeah, it was really fun. And we also had a music theory sort of pathway. We didn't have a true music theory class. It was more of a music appreciation. I was just a little freshman along with a bunch of seniors in my class and that was really a great starting path to just appreciation in general of music that was really, really great. So you continued your studies in music in college. And so at what point did you know, I want to pursue music? This is my dream, my goal, my life, and then what degree did you pursue specifically in college then? Actually, I didn't know that I wanted to pursue music right away. I had this fantasy about traveling as a writer and performing as a hobby on the side. So I actually applied to a few colleges under English and a few under music education. And I just I remember one day I had all the acceptance letters in front of me and I was like I had to make a decision and so I ended up choosing Music Ed. I went to the University of Illinois. And only in that pathway, there was really 3 directions: you either became a general music teacher, a band director or you were a part of the orchestral pathway. And I just didn't see myself in those options initially. And so while at the U of I studying music I added Jazz studies and sort of built this new pathway of vocal Jazz performance and education which hadn't been done I don't think before me. And so you could say that the years of cultural assimilation and wanting to break free from molds in school sort of built this resilience and fight for myself. So in a lot of ways yes school always told me that I didn't fit the mold and college was no exception. Except you know this time I was a little bit more grown and so I just sort of said cool let me just create a new one then. So we were reading that you can continue to study different subjects that tied in with diversity, equity, inclusion and you even continue that research on culturally relevant pedagogy and double consciousness. So could you give us an idea, can you give us an idea of what that is and maybe even too because you were doing this whole music thing and then you know you wanted to pursue that like how that transition occurred even? Well, that's heavy. Double consciousness is a term coined by W. E. B. DuBois and his 1903 edition of Souls of Black Folk. And it represented the inter-two-ness in referring to being African-American in a white diamond and its society and how you can belong to multi-cultures and feel ostracized in this way. And for me, while I can't relate to the black and African-American experiences I can relate to a layer of double consciousness. Specifically belonging to two cultures but not being able to identify myself in either. I’m Korean-American and this way I couldn't really fit in with my Korean peers because I was born in America; at the same time I didn't fit in with my American peers because I look, behave, and am accustomed to different traditions. And that's really the reason why I became an educator to support students like me to acknowledge and give permission for students who are different to be different and to find strengths within themselves that might not look like others. And studying double consciousness and its impact on students became really this foundation for me of culturally relevant pedagogy, diversity, equity, and inclusion. And well, in short,  culturally relevant pedagogy is just knowing your students, your unwavering belief that your students will achieve because of you, and how you acknowledge culture and design opportunities for culture learning and modeling to students the question of just asking why and how to ask why. And Gloria Ladson-Billings is sort of my Beyonce of education. And she's the one who coined that term. But she brilliantly summarizes CRT into academic achievement, cultural confidence, and critical consciousness. So I really take that into mind when I lead sessions. You know even at Quaver and with educators across the nation. And it's really the gas to my purpose and impact the way we view diversity. And I always like to say the goal actually isn't diversity. Diversity just looks at who is already in the room and inclusion is embracing those within that given space. And the goal really is equity and justice you know? Who is trying to get into the room but can't and are there practices and policies that we have that aren't equitably fair. And so you know there's no really easy path toward all of that. It's sort of my life’s mission in education and music performance and you know how I want to serve my life to others around me. Yeah, it's awesome. So speaking of Quaver, you have a background music making these new studies you just talked about. So what about now? What's your career now? How do you put all that together in your new endeavor? Yeah, I currently work at Quaver Ed as their social-emotional learning training lead. I am also their instructional coach and clinician. And so I present sessions at conferences across the nation on the models of culturally relevant pedagogy, diversity, equity, and inclusion, double consciousness, and a lot more. I also work with admin, educators, school districts, and state stakeholders on the impact of music on social, mental, and emotional health with self-discovery and student growth through presentations, trainings, and webinars. And it's really a joy to be able to combine my two studies. You know and how everything in my life sort of came to be here. It sort of led me there. Yeah, it's amazing. Yeah and so Bruce and I, we both use Quaver and we've talked about Quaver on the show. The resource that you know he uses music teachers. It’s just an awesome resource and it just continues to get better and better and have people like you come into the community there. It's great to see that. How long have you been with Quaver Music? I think it's about two years a little over two years. So you are a Grammy-award-winner Which is amazing. And it was specifically for a blues album. So tell us a little bit about that journey? Yeah, I lived in Nashville before moving back home to Chicago for about, I want to say 5 years. And in Nashville I performed regularly singing background vocals for different artists,  recording studios,  performing live with bands, and you know sometimes even with my own Jazz combo. And Mike Hicks is I think one of the greatest musicians and performers of our time but he's an R&B musician and Nashville producer and just an all-around great person. And he asked if I was free to come into the studio to record background vocals. I was not given any details of who it was for only that it was you know only that he was contracting singers for you know this project. And that at the time I was teaching full-time and so the studio time actually contradicted with my teaching schedule so I actually turned it down. And then randomly Nashville got hit with this snowstorm and Nashville doesn't really get snow and so school ended up getting canceled It's a crazy story. aAd I immediately called Mike and I met him at the studio and this sort of like fate. And I got to the studio and it was none other than the great blues artists and musician Keb Mo who was recording his collaboration album with another icon in the field, Taj Mahal. Yeah, they contracted four singers to sing background vocals throughout that album and I was just lucky enough to be one of them. Wow. So you also sang backup vocals for two feature films. So which films were they? Tell us a little bit about that as well. Yeah, One was a foreign film called I think it's pronounced Johnefe, 17 and the other was for a horror film called The Nanny. And I was also blessed to sing background vocals for Hans Zimmer during his live tour. And I got to sing on Lion King and Superman and Spider-Man. Sometimes I scroll through Netflix and I’m like Inception, Wonder Woman, Gladiator, all the great works of his. And I was really lucky to be there. Amazing yeah. What was that like? Well, so he performed when he came through Nashville he was at the amphitheater Ascend Amphitheater. And it was a crew,  like a huge orchestra playing all of his music live. And that stadium is enormous. It’s one of the biggest ones in Nashville I think. And I was one of I believe it was 9 or 12 singers. And so we were behind the orchestra and we sort of you know powerhoused through all of his songs. And his music is not easy so it's definitely a really fun experience just learning how to read the music, practice the music, perform the music. And yeah it was really really fun. Yeah, that's amazing. Cool. So you have a great song to share with us that everyone can access on YouTube. Am I right about that? Okay cool. Tell us about the sign and some things kids can do at home and even how teachers we have you know we do have teachers that listen to music teachers and a homeschool teachers as well. How they could use that in the classroom. Yeah, one of the greatest parts of working for Quaver is seeing the impact of music to students and teachers across the country. And one of my favorites that we've released as a song called You-Nique spelled you-unique and it's actually sung by a great friend of mine Amani Wilkins from Nashville and produced by Otto Gross who is another great great musician and producer. And I picked this song because when I think about the start of the school year I really think it's about building community, getting to know your students, planning for opportunities for students to get to know each other, feel safe in your classroom. And while we are sort of all over the place remotely hybrid and some are you know teaching live. I think that's no different. And so,  one of my favorite quotes is students don't learn from teachers they don't like. And you know that relationship building is so crucial at the start of the year. And so this is a great song to not only build self-confidence for students but I think for teachers too it's a moment just to step back and sort of reevaluate some of the strengths that we have. When we feel so you know when we're just overcome by obstacles we have to face. And so this song I think one of the great things that you can do with your students is to have them create their own I am affirmations. The song takes you through you know I'm smart. and brave and unique. And so having students create their own or even you as a teacher starting to think about your own strengths and what are your affirmations that you want to tell yourself and remind yourself. And you know I'm a big sticky note person and so you can write those down and just place them all over the wall to sort of remind yourself. And yeah so I think in a moment of so much adversity and a lot of difficult and hard emotions all at once I think you know lessons and songs about building self-confidence is going to be huge. And to do it through music too I think you know obviously that the thing that we love the most. So cool. So thank you so much Sharon. It's been a pleasure to speak with you and learn about your journey with music and what you’re doing now and I cannot thank you enough for being here with us and sharing your knowledge. And I will definitely put a YouTube link of the song so that kids can access that and hopefully they can listen and have some fun with that. So thank you so much. I really appreciate you being here. Thank you so much for having me. This was a blast! Time to wrap it up, folks! Thank you so much for tuning in to the Music Podcast for Kids. We hope you enjoyed the show, and most importantly, learned something cool today about music. Remember to send in your jokes or even a topic in music you would like us to discuss by visiting our website themusicpodcastforkids.com. If you are interested in awesome educational and fun songs for your kids to listen and sing along with, please visit brucefite.com. Music is available to download with iTunes, CD Baby, and Facebook and most streaming platforms like Spotify and Amazon Radio. Links will be found in the show notes. If you are interested in learning how to play the piano with a fun and engaging curriculum geared toward kids, please subscribe to Mr. Henry's YouTube channel called Mr. Henry's Music World. Links would be found in the show notes. Please visit iTunes to leave a review of the podcast and also share the podcast with friends, relatives, aliens, whoever! Again we thank you so much for tuning in! 

Today’s episode kicks off our April Jazz theme on The Music Podcast for Kids! We hope you enjoy this encore presentation of Jazz Music. Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite travel through time to learn all about the history of jazz. Learn about the different styles of jazz that evolved throughout time. Even learn about Mr. Henry’s and Mr. Fite’s experience of playing jazz music! Be sure to leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening! Listening Challenge Answers: Which style of jazz do you hear?  Dixieland Jazz Free Jazz Jazz Fusion Bebop Jazz Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano    Let the music begin in 3, 2, 1... Learning music, having fun. That’s what we’re gonna do. Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite, exploring along with you. Learning music, having fun. That’s what we’re gonna do. Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite love hanging out with you. The Music Podcast for Kids! Hello and welcome to The Music Podcast for Kids we're your hosts Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite - Music educators extraordinaire! The Music Podcast for Kids is a fun and educational podcast where we learn and explore the best subject ever -  music!   In today’s episode, we are learning about Jazz Music. And now, the music joke of the day. We love jokes, so if you have a joke, please visit our website themusicpodcastforkids.com to submit your joke. And guess what? It doesn't even have to be a music joke; it can be any joke. We will read and enjoy your joke on the podcast and also let everyone know who it came from and where you are in this great big wonderful music world.  Our joke of the day is What do you get when you cross a sweet potato and a jazz musician?    A Yam Session! Make sure to send in your jokes by visiting our website themusicpodcastforkids.com a link to the website can be found in the show notes.    And now, the music word of the day. Bruce: Before we get to our main focus of the day, Jazz, let's take a look at the music word of the day: Improvisation!   Bill: Improvisation is a fancy smancy word for making something up on the spot.   Bruce: The word improvisation can be used for a variety of art forms. We can see improvisation in drama and comedy, dance and of course…. Music.   Bill: You can improvise when playing jazz, blues, and many other genres.   Bruce: In the 1500s through the 1700s there were many performers entertaining people in the streets of Italy. Performers would come up with a basic storyline, but mainly make up the parts during the performance   Bill: That’s right they would improvise!  A mime is a popular type of street actor and will typically improvise while interacting with the crowd.   Bruce:  Dancers will also improvise quite a bit. Break dancing is usually completely improvised during a performance. A dancer may have some ideas….. but the order in which they perform the dance moves are improvised.   Bill:  The tango also relies on improvisation and is encouraged. Many of the moves ARE practiced but, high-level of dancers also use improvisation.   Bruce: Ok, onto Music. Music can be improvised in a variety of styles. Let's take a look at jazz. Listen to this sample of a saxophone performing with drums, piano, and bass. The saxophone in this section does not have any music notes to read…he is just making them up! That is improvisation!    Bill: Next is the blues: take a listen to the piano player improvising with the 12 bar blues……. Nothing is written down. He is just performing anything he wants!   Bruce: In rock music, we often hear the electric guitar taking a solo. Let's take a listen…..  At that point, the guitar player is given the opportunity to play whatever he wants. He had to practice a lot to become this good.    Bill: Awesome! And that’s the:   Together: “Music Word of the Day!”   Thank you so much for listening. We hope you are enjoying the show so far. Please subscribe to the podcast to receive the latest episodes and leave a review through iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. Also, get updates on what we are up to through Facebook and Instagram by finding us at Music Podcast for Kids. Links will be found in the show notes. On to the show!   And now, the main subject of the day.   Bill: Jazz came about a long time ago in New Orleans from African American communities during the 19th and 20th centuries. That’s over 100 years ago!   Bruce: Jazz music typically has a swinging beat…..like this (drums play). That is what gave jazz its unique sound and style.   Bill: There are many different styles of jazz, so let’s take a journey from the beginning to now. To the music time machine!!!   Br: Wait, you have a music time machine?   Bill: Yessir, Mr. Fite. Check it out, it’s the Time Travelling Honda Civic 3000.   Br: No way, the Time Travelling Honda Civic 3000.   Bill: You bet ya, 4 cylinders or pure time travel. It can go 0-60 in about a hundred years….ago… wait that doesn’t sound quite righ…..   Bruce: (looking inside) Oh cool, it has cup holders and everything.   Bill: Oh yeah it does. Ok, let's get in. Start this bad boy up, punch in the time 1910. New Orleans.   1910:  New Orleans. Dixieland Jazz. Yes, this is where it all started. Typically you would hear instruments like the trumpet, trombone, clarinet with a rhythm section. The rhythm section would have at least two of the following instruments:  guitar or banjo, upright string bass, piano, and drums.   Bruce: Pretty cool stuff. Love that Dixieland sound. Do you think we could stop for some Gumbo…I’m kinda hungry.   Bill: Oh no, we have no time to waste!   Bruce: No time to waste? But we are in a time machine. We have all the time in the world!   Bill: No, no we must get to the next destination. The 1930’s. Swing Bands! (dials in) and gooooooooooo    Bill: In the 1930s big band swing was rockin. It was created for people to dance to! The band grew bigger with more trumpets, trombones, saxophones and definitely had a rhythm section. The rhythm section included the piano, bass, drums, and sometimes guitar.   Bruce: Good stuff. It definitely makes me want to dance.   Bill: Yeah me too! Ok, onto the next stop! The 1940’s! Wooooahahahhhhhahah   Bill: In the 1940s bebop arrived. Bebop has super fast tempos. Tempo is the speed of music and Bebop was the fastest out there.   Bruce: It was created by musicians who were looking to perform challenging music. Dizzy Gillespie was well known for getting the bebop style of jazz in place.     Bill: They would have to practice and play a bunch to get that fast! Wow!   Bruce: That is the fastest playing I’ve ever heard.   Bill: I know right! Ok, the next stop is a little later in the 1940s…when the music chilled out a little.   Bruce: Oh chilled out…. Does that mean we can stop for ice cream?   Bill: Ice cream? No no no, ok let me punch in the numbers. Here we goooooo!   Bill: Later in the 1940s, Cool Jazz was born. Cool jazz is a calmer, slower, and smoother sound. They would hold notes out longer, and longer and longer and…. Hey, do you think you could end that note there? How is he holding that note for so long? (music stops). Oh, well thank you. Miles Davis was well known for his cool jazz trumpet solos.   Bruce: That is pretty….cool (drum set hit)   Bill: Yes, Mr. Bruce, thank you for that. Ok onto the 1950s! Goooooooooo   Bill: In the 1950s, free jazz was introduced.   Bruce: Free jazz? You mean no one paid for it anymore?   Bill: Oh no no. People paid for it all right. Free Jazz has an unusual sound for many reasons… but one reason is because of the different meters. So for example, if we listen to this swing beat and I count to four, it fits perfectly (1234)…but in free jazz, you may hear something like this….the meter could change from 3 to 4 to 5…all over the place. Let's listen. That would allow musicians to freely play anything they want, and experiment with different sounds, progressions, melodies, and so on. They were thinking outside the music box.   Bruce: You mean they used a music box in free jazz? (music box plays)   Bill: Oh boy…No no no… I mean…oh forget it. Let's move on. It’s time to get to the 1960s! Woooooahhhhhhh.   Bill: In the 1960s-70 jazz fusion or sometimes called “jazz-rock” fusion was born.   Scientist (In a scientist's voice) Ah yes, fusion. Is the process of combining two or more distinct entities into a new whole. For example, binaural fusion (drops the background) is the cognitive process of combining the auditory information received by both ears. Nuclear fusion: multiple atomic nuclei joining to form a nucleus lighter than the combined input nuclei. Or Cold fusion, a hypothesized type of nuclear reaction that would occur at or near room temperature…   Bill: Hey who is this guy?   Bruce: Oh, that’s my scientist buddy babbling about fusion again.   Bill: Hey, um Mr. Scientist guy… um well, we are talking about Jazz Fusion…not Binaural fusion.   Scientist: Jazz Fusion? Hmmmmm? Interesting.   Bill: Ok, the word fusion deals with mixing two things together. So during this time, rock and jazz music were mixed together to create what we know as fusion. Fusion focused around improvisation and used rock and electronic instruments heavily. Ready for the next stop?   Bruce: You betcha!   Bill: What about your scientist friend?   Bruce: Oh he will be OK here…I think he is going to study more about jazz fusion.   Bill: Well Ok! To the ’80s. Here we gooooooooooooo.   Bill: In the 1980s, smooth jazz was introduced. Many times the saxophone played the melody with a sweet smooth sound.     Bruce: Artists like Kenny G, the yellowjackets, and many more were popular during this time. Onto the 2000s! Woooooahhhhhh!   Bill: In the 2000s- Latin and Afro Cuban jazz were being performed and could be highly rhythmic using a variety of percussion instruments and sounds like the drum set with cowbell, woodblocks.    Bruce: Woah those are some cool sounds!   Bill: Super cool! Welp, I guess it’s about time to travel on back. Back to the fu…   Bruce: Woah I think I just saw the younger version of myself! Wow, I looked so young….and   Bill: Come on Mr. Bruce. Back into the Time Travelling Honda Civic 3000. Gotta learn about what's cookin' in the jazz world now! Woooooahahhhahahahaha.   Bruce: Nowadays we find all types of jazz music. Kids and adults learn how to play the earlier jazz music and combine all different styles together. You may even have a jazz band in your elementary, middle, or high school!  Phew, we learned a lot about the history of jazz today.   Bill: We sure did.   Bruce: What’s your favorite style of jazz?   Bill: Oh tough to say, I do like them all. Bebop is fun to listen to, though…all those fast notes! What about you Mr. Bruce?   Bruce: Welp…I’d have to say cool jazz.   Bill: Oh yeah, well why is that?   Bruce: Because it keeps me thinking about ice cream…specifically mint chocolate chip ice cream .it’s the best…the cool minty taste with the combination of a sugar cone on a hot day just chillin’ to the cool jazz   Bill: Oh boy…. The Music Podcast for Kids is brought to you by brucefite.com. Our very own Mr. Bruce Fite has truly fun and educational songs to listen to and sing along to. Music can be purchased through Facebook, CDBaby, and other downloadable websites. Stream Bruce’s music through Spotify, Amazon Radio, or wherever you listen to music. Bruce also performs live events. Visit brucefite.com for more information about his music and booking live events.   Time for the super-duper music challenge. It’s time to test your ears. Test your ears? I don't think you can really give your ears a test Mr. Henry. I mean how do your ears hold a pencil without bleeding? Oh no Mr. Fite, when I say test your ears I mean listening to something and trying to figure it out through hearing it. Oh right of course. Time to play the music podcast for kids super duper music listening challenge. A little bit long of a title? We’ll have to work it out. Okay onto the challenge.   For today's challenge, we are going to listen to some jazz music and you have to figure out which style of jazz it is. I will give you two options. Here is number 1. Is this Cool Jazz or Dixieland Jazz? Number 2 is this Free Jazz or Swing Jazz? Number 3. Is this Jazz Fusion or Afro Cuban Jazz? and number 4. Is this Dixieland Jazz or Bebop? To check your answers, go to the show notes. We hope you did an awesome job    Just Chattin’: So Bruce we talked about jazz and the different styles. Have you ever played in a jazz band? Yes, but I wouldn't call myself a jazz musician. When I was in college they had a jazz band and they welcomed me into the group. I played guitar and it was really kind of learning on the job. Like they didn’t expect much which was kind of nice. It lowered the pressure. But they taught me a lot. They challenged me with the scales in the playing the standards. That was something I appreciated that we played a lot of the jazz standards. Coltrane, things like that. Cool and soloing and you would do solos? Yeah, and they had me do some solos. It was just to kind of feel that pressure of you know you're on. And you know whatever. I had a professor that talked about making mistakes and he used to say when you improvise you really don't make mistakes yeah you just made a decision you didn't think you were going to make and you keep on moving. And it was kind of nice because I think it kind of took the pressure off oh I messed up a note or whatever. Music can be so precise. Improv is just like having a conversation. You mess up a word or whatever, but no big deal. yeah, you just keep going yeah yeah. How about you? We did have a jazz band towards the end of my high school career and I played the drum set in that band. That was fun you know just playing standards. It was a very small school so there weren't many of us. Then in college, I auditioned for piano and drums and was lucky enough to play both of those. So I would actually kind of like switch off in between songs. Wow yeah. And then towards the end of the college career, I was starting to play in so they had a big band and then they had an octet which was just eight players. And so I was able to play drums for that and then sometimes would play piano as well. But then we got a good friend of mine, he was a really good piano player and jazz piano player. And also he was always the guy doing the piano on that which is really cool. So which was nice for me because I like playing the drums too. So it was really cool playing with him. So in and then we would actually play,  the three of us there was him, which was Phil and myself and a kid named Ben who's a really good bass player. And we started to kind of play some stuff just the three of us. Like a trio. It was a lot of fun. And then even today the band I play with we play pop music but we did a lot of jazz stuff as well. Just standards and that was a trio. then we had a saxophone player right so yeah. Speaking of good players, my wife and I, we had an opportunity to go to Puerto Rico for a couple of days. It was a gift someone gave us. And a guy there has a restaurant called a piano bar and he toured with the Beach Boys for ten years and when he retired from that he opened up his own restaurant. We came in and played. Like we were sitting there like oh my goodness and he was phenomenal. All original music, original jazz. And he actually used a melodica keyboard. He had it set up on top doing the left-hand right. It was so it was really cool to see right there in front of you. Like this guy who traveled the world, he was just so relaxed. I love what you said about the improv part of jazz because that is like it's so much fun to do and you don't really think about it differently than you know making sure you get all the notes right. so yeah good stuff. Love it.   Time to wrap it up, folks! Thank you so much for tuning in to the Music Podcast for Kids. We hope you enjoyed the show, and most importantly, learned something cool today about music. Remember to send in your jokes or even a topic in music you would like us to discuss by visiting our website themusicpodcastforkids.com. Please visit iTunes to leave a review of the podcast and also share the podcast with friends, relatives, aliens, whoever! 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In today’s episode, Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite talk with two-time Grammy-Award winning composer Christopher Tin.  Learn how he got started in music and the story behind how he wrote the theme song for Civilization IV. Be sure to leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening! To learn more about Christopher Tin, visit his website christophertin.com Subscribe to Christopher Tin’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLtA9_lHZUPRSJcFKmCxYUA Check out our YouTube channel: Remember to Share and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE! Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? 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Hello and welcome to The Music Podcast for Kids we're your hosts Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite - Music educators extraordinaire! The Music Podcast for Kids is a fun and educational podcast where we learn and explore the best subject ever -  music!   And now, the music joke of the day. We love jokes, so if you have a joke, please visit our website themusicpodcastforkids.com to submit your joke. And guess what? It doesn't even have to be a music joke; it can be any joke. We will read and enjoy your joke on the podcast and also let everyone know who it came from and where you are in this great big wonderful music world.  Our joke of the day is: This joke comes from Ethan, a listener of the show. Why does a golfer wear two pairs of pants? In case he gets a hole in one. This joke comes from Zenni, a listener of the show. Why did the chicken cross the playground? To get to the other slide.  Make sure to send in your jokes by visiting our website themusicpodcastforkids.com a link to the website can be found in the show notes.  Thank you so much for listening. We hope you are enjoying the show so far. Please subscribe to the podcast to receive the latest episodes and leave a review through iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. Also get updates on what we are up to through Facebook and Instagram by finding us at Music Podcast for Kids. Links will be found in the show notes. On to the show! Just Chattin’: Christopher Tin is a two-time Grammy-winning composer of concert and media music. His music has been performed and premiered in many of the world's most prestigious venues: Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center, and the Hollywood Bowl. Mr. Tin’s music can be found in video games such as Civilization and films such as Lilo and Stitch 2 and X-Men United to name a few. He also has incredible classical crossover albums which we learn more about in this interview! Be sure to visit christophertin.com for more information.  We have a very special guest with us today on The Music Podcast for Kids! Christopher Tin, thanks for being on the show! Glad to be here.  Since we are a music podcast for kids, we always like to ask our special guests how they got started with music. Can you tell us how old you were when you got started? Did you take private lessons? And where your musical journey took you through your growing up years?  I started music when I was 5. My parents enrolled me in piano lessons, and you know that's kind of like what you did right? Put your kids into music school at that age. I really enjoyed it and I found that as I got older my curiosity with other instruments sort of expanded. So I started playing trumpet maybe in third grade or something like that.  I started playing guitar in high school and bass in high school, started singing in high school. And writing music. And all these other things in high school. And it just kind of blossomed form there. So from an early age I was exposed. So you've received many awards including two Grammy Awards which is amazing but I first would like to ask you about the Guinness Book of World Records award that you received. Could you tell us more about that? That was for winning the very first Grammy award for a piece of music written for a video game. That was my song Baba Yetu which was written for the game Civilization IV. It became kind of a hit. And when I re-released it at the opening track on my debut album it won a Grammy. And the album also won a Grammy so that's what my claim to fame is. Yeah cool. So speaking of that, an album you wrote called Calling All Dawns in 2011 that won the Grammy for the best classical crossover album. First of all can you educate us about what a crossover album is and then when you were creating the album were you specifically trying to have your music cross over to another genre? Well I was absolutely trying to make my music cross over to another genre. I mean that it is essentially what a crossover album is,  it's a piece of music that brings together two different genres of music. And in this case Calling All Dawns was an album that fused various World music traditions with sort of a classical sensibility. So it was just a crossover between you know non-western folk music and classical music, hence,  classical crossover. That's great. So alongside composing music, you’re a conductor, artistic director. I’d like to learn more about your conductor director role in two different scenarios. So first, responsibilities for like a live concert and what you would tackle within a recording session with studio musicians. Would you say those scenarios have a big difference as to like what a conductor would do or is it kind of the same thing? Yeah could you elaborate on that? Well the only real similarity they share is the mechanics of conducting. You know your baton technique, where the orchestra is placed around you. But beyond that they are very different tasks. When you're conducting a concert for one thing your rehearsal time is very limited. Everyone is watching you, you're giving feedback because you're, you know, you're the person in charge of the sound that is coming at you. And then you try to figure out the balance issues as best you can on the podium. But when you're in the recording studio it’s a completely different story because a lot of times everyone's wearing headphones you know they're trying to hear each other. Sometimes there's a click track sometimes there isn’t. Sometimes you have to record the orchestra separate from the choir and in fact usually you do. you record the orchestra separate from the soloist and the choir and other special ensembles. And frankly when you're in a recording studio with an orchestra around you can't really hear everything the same way the people in the control room can hear everything.  So a lot of times your main task in that recording session is just to get an inspired performance out of performers. But it's hard to really know if that was a good take or not because frankly I can't hear everything because the way everything is baffled off, like screened off right. That's when you rely on your producer who is sitting in the control room to help tell you whether that was a good take or not. That's cool. And does  that feel different too? I imagine when you're not responding to the having all of hearing all of the sounds do you have to kind of creative almost a pseudo inspiration to you know to to keep the emotions there throughout throughout the pieces when you're in the studio or do you have enough information to go for a measure as you're conducting to to keep it real and what was the feeling that you you want to get from it? I think your thoughts are on very different things. I mean when I'm in a recording studio I know there whatever is being performed is being captured for posterity and so my mind is actually less on trying to Inspire an emotional performance and more on listening to what's coming back at me as best I can. Right? And I'm trying to decide whether this is good or not.  Whereas in performance you know that whatever they play that's it you know what to do with it is done with your moving on. So you’re actually thinking ahead in the piece a little more in performance. You’re thinking about what  is coming up and I know that this is a tricky temple change and the harp really needs to stay with me. So I need to know to look at the harpist and and and you know get a good performance out of them. So in a way in live performance I'm a little less aware of what's actually going on. My mind is sort of thinking ahead and trying to steer the performance as best I can. So we’re always really interested in the process a composer takes when getting started and working through their own process.  We spoke with Eric Whitacre a while back, a choral composer and he was telling us that he draws sketches that eventually will be represented by the music he creates. So what kind of process do you have to get started as you're piecing your music together? I think I have the complete opposite process as Eric. I have never warmed to the draw a sketch of your piece and then sort of fill-in-the-blank later. I have more of a general sense we are going to end but start and then start writing from the beginning and move forward and try to end up there. I’m really more that person because that’s how we experience music. We experience music from the start to the end right? And so if I write the first 30 seconds of a piece of music I want to be able to sit back and reflect on how those 30 seconds make me feel before I tackle the next 30 seconds and calibrate those next 30 seconds accordingly. So I’m very much a start from the beginning and more forward sort of person. And when you’re doing that are you typically at the piano kind of coming up with an arrangement on the piano and then adding orchestration to it or just straight writing it down or how do you tackle that? In recent years I've started staying on the piano as long as I can and sketching things out and then tackling the orchestration. I think that comes from a bit of a position of self confidence and experience. Because I know that as I'm sketching things out on piano I already have a sense of what the orchestration is. I don’t really feel the need to go down and notate it. I'm not going to forget what the orchestration is going to be. I also like to stay unencumbered by minuscule decisions for as long as possible. Orchestration is one of these very bogged down with like how am I going to to bow this and like is this the right notation for this. I would much rather kind of sketch a  really sloppy piano sketch out from start to finish and then go in and refine it. And in the process of refining, actually ideas get revisited and revised and you know you throw out some ideas that maybe you sketched out on piano. relaxing idea that maybe you expand certain sections you know a way to have a second pass at your material having already had the benefit of sketching everything out. Going back and saying now that I know how I’m filling in the blanks, now that I know how the whole thing is going to be laid out, how can we adjust knowing that we’re going to do this later on. So that's sort of the way I like these days. So you’ve written many pieces of music for video games. First is writing for video games something that you were always interested in like as a kid growing up like I want to write for video games? I hear kids saying that all the time. Is that something that you were looking to do? No not at all. If you asked me as a kid what I wanted to do with my life it wasn’t that. I wouldn’t want to write music for video games, it’s totally to play video games. Truth be told the video game thing sort of stumbled across my desk randomly. I went to my college reunion and I bumped into my old roommate who was now a celebrated video game designer and then we connected and just  talked about his next video game. And that next video game turned out to be Civilization 4 which I wrote the song Baba Yetu for. That was the first piece of music I ever wrote for a video game actually. It was never a lifelong dream of mine.  I love it. I love writing for games and I love the industry. I think there’s really great talented, smart people in the business. But I like doing a lot of things musical. Like recording albums. I like you know scoring films. I like conducting my music. I like teaching. I like a lot of different things. It’s never been you know I want to be a video game designer. That’s just one component of the whole thing. The piece Baba Yetu recently celebrated its 15th year anniversary. And this piece also won a Grammy in 2011 which is incredible. And to give some context to the audience Baba Yetu was the theme song for a popular game released in 2005 called civilization 4.  You were just talking about that. Could you explain the characteristics of the piece and how it translated so well to that game civilization 4? The piece itself is a bit of a crossover piece like we talked about before. It's a fusion of African Gospel vocals, Orchestra, and big cinematic percussion. And these are actually three different areas of music that I have a lot of familiarity with. In college I directed an a cappella group that specialized in African and African-American music. And then I studied composition orchestration. You know the classical way right. And then I also played Japanese Taiko in college. The giant Japanese drums that you see. That was I played in an ensemble and I typically played the largest drum. It’s the o-daiko drum that you play sideways like this. So these are things I very much know about already. I was given the chance to sort of synthesize them all into one piece for this video game. Yeah that's kind of a sound of Baba Yetu this fusion. And why it works so well for Civilization, this particular video game. Civilization is a video game about founding a civilization from the earliest days to modernity, right. And sort of this world music but classical sweep of the piece just lends itself very well to this idea of fusing cultures across history. So you recently released an oratorio about the history of flight called To Shiver the Sky. And first can you educate the audience a little bit about an oratorio? So oratorio is a  large-scale work, uses of the orchestra and voices focusing on a particular theme but no costumes and production acting that kind of stuff. Can you tell us more about To Shiver the Sky? Well, yes like you mentioned oratorio. I call it an oratorio. Oratorios typically deal with sacred subjects. I like to bend definitions a little. So Handel's Messiah for example is the most well known oratorio. It is with soloists and choir and different vocal groups. And tells the story of Aviation from the earliest days from Leonardo da Vinci sketching in his notebooks about a flying machine all the way up through Jules Verne writing fantastical stories about exploring space. To Amelia Earhart and her solo flight across the Atlantic to Yuri Gagarin being the first man launched into outer space. And finally when John F. Kennedy in 1962 said we choose to go to the moon before the end of the decade. We’re going to put a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth. And in my mind that is one of the greatest achievements of mankind. The fact that we were able to pull together and say you know what we're going to do this crazy thing. We're going to put a man on the moon within 8 years and by the way we have no idea how we’re going to do this. The technology, the science had not been invented yet. We don’t know anything about this. But we’re going to do it. This is just an amazing sort of example of leadership and vision right. Beside that and the entire nation pulled together behind this visionary president and we made it happen. And it was an amazing story. And I think it's an amazing story to reflect on, especially in this world we live in now where we still have lost a bit of our confidence as a people to do the big difficult amazing things. It’s a nice reminder that you know what? We’re still those people and really do the great things. The piece is just great. I've been listening to it and just such a cool idea. I love the idea and I love how people can be educated and learn about all these different you know all these different examples of the progression of flight to of course getting to the moon so just think it's just fabulous. Well, thank you I appreciate that. So many of our listeners are kids. What advice our bit of wisdom would you share with our listeners as they explore music around them? My advice to young musicians is to stay curious about music and to foster that curiosity. And you know explore the world of music around you because as we all know there are so many different types of music genres, of music instruments that you can play, pieces that you can write, formats that you can write in. You can be a recording artist. You can write musical theater. You could score films, you could score video games, you can do anything right? It's an amazing playground in a world to live in. And the way you stay happy living in that world is to always foster this lifelong excitement about discovering and doing new things in music.  So I would say soak it all up you know like practice being a hungry musician and devouring all the music around you. You know, cultivate this curiosity. I think and that'll keep you engaged and excited about music for the rest of your life. That's great Christopher Tin, we want to thank you again for your great music and for taking time out to chat with us on the music podcast for kids and wish you all the best as you continue inspiring, entertaining and educating the music world. Thanks so much. Thank you for having me. 

In today’s episode, you get to move and groove with the Easter Bunny Rap, get to know the legendary composer and elementary music influencer, Carl Orff, and learn some fun ideas for the general music classroom from teacher and podcaster Jessica Grant. Be sure to leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening! Watch an orchestra and chorus perform Carmina Burana HERE. Watch and jam along to the Easter Bunny Rap HERE. Listen to Afternoon Ti with Jessica Grant HERE. Explore more online music resources: Movement: Go Noodle: https://www.gonoodle.com/ Body Percussion:  https://www.youtube.com/c/SantiSerratosaSSM/videos  Individual Routine with chairs:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDQXhWeXcy8 Broadway: https://www.todaytix.com/insider/nyc/posts/12-broadway-dances-you-can-learn-at-home-right-now https://hipshakefitness.com/dance/broadway-dance-tutorial-compilation/ You Can’t Stop the Beat from Hairspray Hip Hop:  H.Y.P.E. the Breaks videos on YouTube created by Hip-Hop Public Health.  H.Y.P.E. = Helping Young People Energize - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFM-YWyieDk&list=RDXFM-YWyieDk&start_radio=1&t=3 Bounce - Jump and Kick - Flow Conducting:  Read-Along Read Alouds with Robert Franz: https://www.robertfranz.com/read-aloud-childrens-books He is the conductor of the Windsor Symphony, Boise Baroque Orchestra, and Houston Symphony - Idaho Orchestra Institute Wrote the book Stella’s Magical Musical Balloon Ride - Five parts Listen to the story and then conduct a piece at the end with Robert Make Music Count - Math and music Singing: Facebook - The Singing Space which was begun by Meg Tietz… great way for individuals or families to sing or play their favorite songs to share with others or to learn new songs YouTube - Victoria Boler’s channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy8bVUHYQ2OuQ1f-nACWqoA lots of things for teachers and some great examples of folk songs students can learn through listening A few favorites:  Sol Sol Sol, Oh How lovely is the Evening, Little Bitty Man YouTube - Rob Amchin - https://www.youtube.com/c/RobertAmchin/playlists - Love the playlists as they’re broken down by topics such as speech pieces, bubbles, tennis balls, early childhood, and orff games - Lots of ideas: 2-4-6-8, Alligator pie,  Waldorf School Songs Website - great resource for teachers - https://www.waldorfschoolsongs.com/ Being comfortable singing your favorite songs with your kids at home - singing songs that were sung to you, favorite songs that you love Check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE! Like us on Facebook!  Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano     Hey there Music Podcast for Kids listeners!  This is Mr. Henry, and we just wanted to sincerely thank you so much for tuning into the show,  listening to the show. And if you could do us a huge, huge favor, if you could leave a review, that would just be absolutely fantastic. With reviews we can get more people to listen to the show and spread the love of music. So, if you could just take a little bit of time to leave a review, that would be absolutely fantastic! So thank you so much again and we hope you have a great week!   Let the music begin in 3, 2, 1... Learning music, having fun. That’s what we’re gonna do. Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite, exploring along with you. Learning music, having fun. That’s what we’re gonna do. Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite love hanging out with you. The Music Podcast for Kids! Hello and welcome to The Music Podcast for Kids we're your hosts Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite - Music educators extraordinaire! The Music Podcast for Kids is a fun and educational podcast where we learn and explore the best subject ever -  music!   And now, the music joke of the day. We love jokes, so if you have a joke, please visit our website themusicpodcastforkids.com to submit your joke. And guess what? It doesn't even have to be a music joke; it can be any joke. We will read and enjoy your joke on the podcast and also let everyone know who it came from and where you are in this great big wonderful music world.  Our joke of the day is This joke comes from a listener of the show. And I hope I pronounce your name correctly - Kavi. Here is the joke. Knock, knock...who’s there? Little old lady. Little old lady who? I didn’t know you could yodel! Make sure to send in your jokes by visiting our website themusicpodcastforkids.com a link to the website can be found in the show notes.  Thank you so much for listening. We hope you are enjoying the show so far. Please subscribe to the podcast to receive the latest episodes and leave a review through iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. Also get updates on what we are up to Facebook and Instagram by finding us at Music Podcast for Kids. Links will be found in the show notes. On to the show! And now, the Music Spotlight! Carl Orff was born in 1895 and passed away in 1982. He was a composer from Germany and a very important figure in elementary music education. Carl Orff showed a great deal of talent in music at an early age and his mother decided to have him start playing the piano at the age of 5. He was even writing his own music in his early years! He then started to take lessons on the cello, which is an instrument that is part of the string family.  Young Carl then added the organ as another instrument to learn. The organ is typically found in a church and has a bunch of pipes, large and small that are all connected to a large keyboard, and when you press a key down on the organ, it sends air through the pipes to make a large sound. Well, as the years went Carl continued to learn and began publishing music that he wrote at the age of 16 while continuing his studies into his 20’s and then began teaching. In 1924, he founded a school called the Günther School for gymnastics, music, and dance in Munich and was the head of the school until 1944 when it shut down. There he developed new methods of teaching kids music and called it “Schulwerk” which combines music, movement, drama, and speech. Many teachers use Carl Orff’s methods found in his published work even today! It allows kids to be in a natural state of play; making the best environment for learning music. So if you really enjoy music class, Mr. Carl Orff definitely played a role in making a music class fun. And not just for kids...for us teachers too. His most famous piece of music is Carmina Burana. Its epic sound is used in many events, commercials, and performances. Make sure to visit the show notes to find an incredible video and performance of Carl Orff’s opening to the awesome piece “Carmina Burana”.   Speaking of fun, well,  Easter is coming, and what better way to celebrate than with the Easter Bunny Rap. You know how Mr. Carl Orff combined movement and music. Well, in this song, you will get to move along with some body percussion. In the song, you will echo a pattern that is performed, which means the body percussion part will be heard and you have to perform it back. So get your ears ready. And if you want to check out the video that goes along with the Easter Bunny Rap, make sure to check the show notes to watch the video! And now we present; The Easter Bunny Rap!        Just Chattin’: Jessica Graham is from Michigan and currently lives in Texas where she teaches middle school music. Prior to her teaching Middle School, she taught elementary General music for 14 years. Jessica is also the host and creator of the podcast Afternoon Ti; a podcast giving music educators ideas and experiences in teaching music. Today we discuss movement activities that can be done at home or in school and can be reached virtually for free. There are many more resources she offered that we did not discuss that can be found in the show notes. We hope you enjoy this interview. Hi Jessica and welcome to the show. Hi Bill thank you for having me. Absolutely and it’s great to have you on the show here. And what I always like to start with is for you to tell us a little bit about your journey with music as a kid. You know you could tell us what you did in school and maybe if you took private lessons or take private lessons,  so what kind of things did you experience as a kid? So, my mom was a music teacher so I grew up with music in the house and she accompanied local choirs especially the high school choir. And one of my first musical experiences I would say was learning the songs to Fame the musical because that was the music she was playing on the piano. So at the age of like three or four I would walk around the house singing you know all of the fame songs and yeah I just love that. And so I would go to all of her rehearsals and I would sit and listen to the choirs and watch her play. And I took piano lessons for years and for the most part enjoyed that. It was always hard to practice. I like performing the songs but the practicing got easier as I got older. And then I really loved dance so I took dance for years. Loved Hip Hop and Jazz and ballet and all the things. And in high school and middle school and all through college I enjoyed singing in choir. So I really enjoyed doing a lot with movement and choral singing and playing piano. Yeah that’s awesome, yeah, so, my mom was actually a music teacher as well. Both my parents were music majors and my mom was my teacher for many years. Yeah yeah yeah so I hear you on all the music just always be in there in the house yeah that's super cool.  So currently you are a music teacher. So where do you teach and what grades do you teach now? I teach grades 5 through 8 at a school called Good Shepherd Episcopal School in Dallas Texas. And this will be my sixth year teaching there and before that I taught for 14 years in the public school system K through 5. So are you originally from Texas? No, I grew up in Michigan and then went to school in Tennessee and came back to Michigan and I met my husband long distance and it was easier for me to move then for his career to move. So made the way down here and now I’m texan at heart for sure. Yeah that's awesome so you also have a podcast and it's called Afternoon Ti and it's a podcast for music teachers like myself. And so could you tell us a little bit about the show? Sure. So as a music teacher I feel like every music teacher has something to share and something different or a different slant to help other music teachers. And I felt like I was at a point where I had some ideas that I thought might be helpful for other teachers and so I decided to start using the things I had around my house, a microphone and my computer and oftentimes we would go in our master bedroom closet and just recording a very simplistic way. But to give other teachers ideas of what to do with movement or singing or even teacher self-care, how to take care of your teacher-health your voice and different things that you can do not only for your students in the community but as a teacher personally. So I enjoy interviewing people like you do and just learning. I feel like I've learned so much by talking to other music teachers and just sharing what I can in whatever way I can just to hope that it helped somebody else. I love that and yeah I listen to your show and it really does you really do get a lot of ideas you know just from listening and you also get an idea of like oh yeah yeah what I'm doing is working well. Yeah so I thought it's really a great resource and any music teachers listening or even if you are a parent is doing homeschooling checking out the podcast is going to help with some things. So and we're going to talk even more about some cool activities here. but before I get to that I do want to let everyone know that it's afternoon ti TI right? Which is do re me fa so la ti right that note. I love that play on words,  it's great. So let’s get to some of these cool movement activities. You know one of the things that were experiencing right now are kids at home and one of the things that I love to do in my music classes to get kids moving right we want kids to move doing it eurhythmics which is basically kids getting up in and moving around to the music, feeling the beat, bouncing balls and doing all of these fun things that kids love to do but are also helping them develop musically. So we thought it’d be neat to discuss some movement activities that we could offer our audience so that kids could do these activities at home. They're all online-based so let’s hear some, you've got some great online resources. What I tried to think of was finding resources that were not only available online but if teachers were using them in the classroom since we're having to keep that 6 foot distance. But we want our kids to still participate in movement and moving their bodies to music so the first one I thought of was GoNoodle. I know a lot of people may know about that one but it's a great one to mention because it can cover such a wide age span. And I feel like it's simple for any teacher really to put it on and the kids know instinctively what to do and copy. So that’s one I want to mention. And then the second one has been a favorite of mine for several years and it's body percussion and it's by a  man named Santi Seratosa. And his are more intricate though I have found ways to simplify. You can simply find a pattern you like that he shares and imitate it and do it longer over a period of time rather than going super fast through it. But he does things with chairs or in boxes or layering different ostinato patterns so that then you can allow students to maybe choose one and copy it or you can even use the tutorials that he gives. And I love there's some pop songs he does like Try by Colbie Caillat or something just like this by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay and he'll walk you through all the body percussion. A lot of it sitting in chairs which is also ideal for where we're at right now it's movement but the kids are isolated. But he also has some that have to do with Shostakovich’s Waltz  and Vivaldi's Four Seasons. And you can go right through the tutorials and as a teacher I've gone through it and then I made kind of notes about what he's doing and then I find where I need to simplify. But as far as parents being at home they may be cool ones to watch and then create your own if it's too difficult. Or take parts of it so those are two things I would mention that way you have an idea for younger students but you can also push some of your older students or even adults might enjoy it. I like how that website really focuses on not just the classical music right but they want to include pop music as well. So yeah that's a lot of fun, great. Well thank you so much and there's actually a bunch of other parts that you gave me here which is which is awesome. And we're going to include those in the show notes and we’ll also put Afternoon Ti in the show notes. So yeah I thank you so much Jessica for being on the show and sharing your knowledge. I know you have a lot there so it's really just it's great. I love talking to other music teachers and getting ideas and then sharing that so that we can kid’s experiencing music even better so well thank you so much I'll see you. We would like to thank Jessica Grant again for being a part of the show. Jessica gave a bunch of great resources on top of what was discussed in the show which are found in the show notes. So if you're a teacher or parent looking for great resources for movement and singing activities that can be done virtually make sure to check out the show notes. Also make sure to check out Jessica's podcast Afternoon Ti.  Time to wrap it up folks! Thank you so much for tuning in to the Music Podcast for Kids. We hope you enjoyed the show, and most importantly, learned something cool today about music. Remember to send in your jokes or even a topic in music you would like us to discuss by visiting our website themusicpodcastforkids.com. If you are interested in awesome educational and fun songs for your kids to listen and sing along with, please visit brucefite.com. Music is available to download with iTunes, CD Baby, and Facebook streaming platforms like Spotify and Amazon Radio. Links will be found in the show notes. 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Music of Latin America Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite have an amazing adventure to another dimension in today’s episode. They explore all kids of cool instruments used in Latin American music. Conga, maracas, cajon, oh my! They also compete in a cool game show hosted by Jerry Slapdash (who thinks he’s really handsome). We hope you enjoy today’s adventure learning about the music of Latin America! Check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE! Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   (Transcript) Let the music begin in 3, 2, 1... Learning music, having fun. That’s what we’re gonna do. Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite, exploring along with you. Learning music, having fun. That’s what we’re gonna do. Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite love hanging out with you. The Music Podcast for Kids! Hello and welcome to The Music Podcast for Kids we're your hosts Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite - Music educators extraordinaire! The Music Podcast for Kids is a fun and educational podcast where we learn and explore the best subject ever -  music!     And now, the music joke of the day. We love jokes, so if you have a joke, please visit our website themusicpodcastforkids.com to submit your joke. And guess what? It doesn't even have to be a music joke; it can be any joke. We will read and enjoy your joke on the podcast and also let everyone know who it came from and where you are in this great big wonderful music world.    Our joke of the day is: Bill: Welp, I think it’s official.  Bruce: Official?  Bill: Yup, officially lost.  Bruce: No way….. I know exactly where we are going. It’s up there, straight ahead. The fastest piano player in the west  Bill: Well, alright, I sure hope you're right it’s getting hot out here and my back is kinda hurtin’. Gonna hop off this horse and take a break for a minute. (Hops off and walks but there is a shaking sound) Bruce: Umm, what is that sound?  Bill: (scared ... ) you mean that rattle sound… Bruce: Yes, that rattle sound…. It gotta be a rattler!!  Bill: (shaking and shivering scared) Ohhhh no, where is it? Can you see it? Bruce: Just relax, I can’t quite see it yet, Bill: Relax? How can I relax? There's a rattler near me.. oh it’s getting louder!  Bruce: I don’t really see that rattler but yeah just relax and don’t move… Bill: don’t move?  I can’t stop shaking…. I’m just too scared of rattlers!  Bruce: wait a gosh darn tootin second here…. what you got in that bag? Bill: What does it matter what’s in my bag… there’s a rattler near me! I don’t wanna get bit! I wanna see the fastest piano player in the west! Bruce: (gets off horse) now get on over here and let me see that bag. Bill: No stay on your horse! Save yourself, save the horse!  Bruce: Give me that bag!.... (takes bag) Yup, just what I thought…. a bag of maracas… there’s your rattler for ya.  Bill: aw well shucks I... I knew that… forgot  about that bag of maracas... Bruce: Well that’s enough drama for one day, let’s get a move on. Bill: Sounds good, just take a swig of this here water can and get back on my horse and……(rattle sound) Together: Rattlers!!!  Make sure to send in your jokes by visiting our website themusicpodcastforkids.com a link to the website can be found in the show notes.   And now, the music word of the day. Bill: Before we get to our main subject of the day, Music from Latin America, let’s check out the music word of the day: Conga!  Bruce: Congas are drums that are tall and narrow. You can play them by sitting down, but many times you will see them paired together and mounted on a rack.    Bill: It’s important to not get the congas mixed up with the bongos.  Bruce: That's right, bongos are like a mini version of the conga drums. Congas are big and bongos are small.  Bill: Conga drums are used in all types of music but originated in Afro Cuban Music.  Bruce: The conga drum became more well known after the popular Conga Line tune and dance came about.  Bill: Oh yeah I love the conga line. That's the one where everyone gets in a big line to form a circle to follow some fun three step shuffle.  Bruce: That's right, and that's the word of the day Together: Conga!  The music podcast for kids is brought to you by Mr. Henry's Music World YouTube channel. If you are interested in learning how to play the piano with a fun and engaging curriculum geared towards kids please subscribe to Mr. Henry's YouTube channel called mr. Henry's Music World. Links will be found in the show notes. Again, we thank you so much for tuning in.  Thank you so much for listening. We hope you are enjoying the show so far. Please subscribe to the podcast to receive the latest episodes and leave a review through iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. Also get updates on what we are up to Facebook and Instagram by finding us at Music Podcast for Kids. Links will be found in the show notes. On to the show! And now, the main subject of the day. Bill: (as if behind a door, while trying to open up a door)  I don’t know Mr. Fite, I don't think there are any instruments up here anymore, they may have been sold at a garage sale…(door opens up) Together: Woooooaaaaahhhhhh  Bruce:   Gee, it’s a little dusty up here in the attic.  Bill: Sure is! Wow, there is a bunch of stuff up here.  Bruce:  Ok, there has got to be some instruments from Latin America in here somewhere.  Bill: I don’t know Mr. Fite, but we can certainly look.  Bruce:  Whats this small box thing here?   Bill: Oh man, that's my pre-tendo.   Bruce:  Pre-tendo?  Bill: Yeah, it's where I get to pretend to play video games, oh man I remember my most favorite game of all…. shmelda.    Bruce:  Shmelda? Are you sure you don’t mean... Bill: Ahh yes, shmelda, where you try and guess the smell of the...  Bruce: Oh wow, look over here! I think I found something.  Bill: Oh cool. What is that?  Bruce:  Its the...it’s the…. maraca!  Bill: Nice! So maybe the instruments were not sold. Sweet! You found one, is there another?  Bruce: Lets see here….. Umm…. eeshhh…… yup here it is!  Bill: Awesome! Let's hear the sweet sound of the maracas!  Bruce: Yup, these will do just perfectly for our presentation on music from Latin America.  Bill: Sure will. What's the story about with these instruments?  Bruce: Well first off, the maracas is made from a tree fruit in Puerto Rico called the higuera.  Bill: From a fruit? Oh I’ve heard about this before ...and I’m pretty sure that doesn't work...I tried to make a maracas with apples the other day and it just turned into a bunch of mushy apple… sauce….  Bruce: Oh no no… this type of fruit has a hard shell, and once the pulp is taken out of the fruit, the hard shell sits until completely dried out, then seeds or pebbles are put inside and it is closed on up with a handle and boom, you have a maraca.  Bill: Sweet!  Bruce: Yeah, there are all different types of maracas that are used in particular parts of latin America. This one is made with cuero, which is a type of animal skin which are often found in the Carribbean.  Bill: Cool! Let's find some other instruments from latin America. I’m going to check back here.  Bruce: Sounds good, I will keep looking through this box…..dum da dum…..aghrghgh… oh what could this be? Hey Mr. Henry I think I found something...  Bill:.Ummmm Mr. Fite? Uhhhh I think I found something as well….. I don't think you are going to believe me though.  Bruce: oh well, what is it? Bill: No seriously, I think you need to come see this…  Bruce: Oh come on, just tell me!  Bill: Well ok, it looks like a portal to another dimension!  Bruce:What? A portal to another dimension! Come on Mr. Henry, stop playing around.. Bill: I’m not playing around! You gotta see this…. Bruce:  (walking towards) Mr. Henry, I’m pretty sure its not a portal to another dimension that's impossible, plus check out this instrument I just found its the gui…… (blast sound)  Together:  (epic music playing..) Wooooooooooaaaaaaahhhhhhhh  Bill:  See, I told ya Mr. Fite. I opened up this door that said “portal to another dimension”  Bruce: Why would you open a door that ever says that!?  Bill: You’re joking right?  Why wouldn't you open a door that says that! Come on we gotta check this out!  Bruce: Oh no...no way...I’ve seen this in movies before, it doesn't seem to ever work out quite right. There is usually something that will end up chasing after you, and you have to run a bunch and I already did my morning run, so I am set to….  Bill: Oh come on, nothing bad will happen. We may even be able to find more instruments from Latin America for our presentation!  Bruce: Oh boy...well...that's true I guess…  Bill:. Ok, cool..let's get going ... (portal music plays and crashes in) (music from a game show is playing) Bruce: Woah, that was crazy….  Bill: Yeah it was….  Bruce: What is going on…. Slapdash: (in background) Hahahaha! Welcome!  Oh boy I am looking handsome today…. Welcome, welcome!  Bruce: Mr. Slapdash?  Bill: Yeah Mr. Slapdash? What is he doing here?  Bruce: Oh boy...already regretting going through that portal.  Bill: Oh no...it’ll be fine...I’m sure Mr. Slapdash has become a better game show host since the last time we saw him…. Bruce: Yeah lets hope Slapdash: Step right up Mr. Fite and Mr. henry! Great to see you both! You two seem very confident and totally in tune with what's going on  Bruce: Ummm no Mr. Slapdash, we have no idea what's going on...I mean we just stepped through some wierd portal and now, bam, here we are talking with you... Bill: Wait did he say we are “totally in tune”...haha… I get it Slapdash: Right! Well, welcome to the instrument identification game, where you will listen to these instruments from Latin America and figure out which instrument it is.  Bruce: Wait, did you say instrument from Latin America? This is perfect! We were just talking about instruments from Latin America  Bill: yeah, this is perfect. See I told ya so Mr. Fite.  Slapdash: Ahh right! Let’s get on with the game today! And it appears we are out of time!  Bruce: What? Out of time? We just started  Bill: Yeah Mr. Slapdash, we didn't even get to start the game yet..  Slapdash: Ahhh right LOL, JK…(clears throat).... Ahhh ok. You will listen to two different instruments. One is from Latin America and the other is not. You must tell me which one is from Latin America, and write a 32 page essay about that instrument. You have 10 seconds...here...we ….  Bruce: Wait, did you say write a 32 page essay with only 10 seconds of time?  Bill: Yeah mr. Slapdash that's impossible.   Slapdash: Ahh right..uhhh.. Did I say that? Oh whatever...just figuring out the instrument will do just fine. Ok...here ...we ...go! Number 1 instrument: (plays) Number 2 instrument… which one is from Latin America?  Bruce: Umm, I think i’ m going with the second one. Sound just like the conga drum!   Bill: Yeah totally does. Good thinking Mr. Fite. We are going with - the conga drum!   Slapdash: No sorry, that is not my favorite instrument, actually my favorite instrument is the nose harp...it just twangs along so nicely.. Bruce: Mr. Slapdash!  Bill: Yeah Mr. Slapdash… we are not supposed to be picking your favorite instrument; the nose harp…  Bruce: Wait..did you just say picking the nose...har… Slapdash: Hahaha just JKing you both there ...You are correct! The conga drum! From Latin America! (music plays, audience claps) Bruce: Oh great! Bill: Sweet!  Slapdash: Ok, onto the next question. Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?  Bruce: What?  Bill: Oh boy….  Slapdash: Haha.. Ok, here is the next listening challenge. Which is from latin America. Is it number 1 (plays) or number  2 (plays)  Bill: I’m going with number 1. Sounds like the steel drum!  Bruce: Yeah, I think you're totally right Mr. Henry. The steel drum can also be called the steel pan.  Slapdash: Why would you want to steal a drum or a pan. That doesn’t seem like a good idea you know, you could get in big trouble... Bruce: No no, Mr Slapdash, the steel drum or steel pan is spelled S T E E L.. like the metal material “steel”.  Bill: Right! The steel drum can actually be made from a 55 gallon industrial drum. They carefully craft each part of the steel to have different pitches to create that cool sound.  Slapdash: Ah well right...let me see here...I am going to look over here to pretend like there is someone to check that answer and it looks like, yes Bob, is that correct…. Ummm (continues in background…)  Bruce: Who is he looking at? I don’t see anyone…  Bill: Yeah..there is no Bob.. In this room… oh boy Slapdash: Ahah!, Well yes, that is the answer! The Steel Drum! (music plays audience claps)  And you are today's winners!  Bruce: Wooohoo! Awesome.  Bill: Yeah for sure, what do we win?  Slapdash:  Well, what do you have for them Johnny? Ummm johnny?  Bruce: I don't think there is a johnny…  Slapdash:  Ahh right of course… well...guess what, you get a fantastic trip to the Caribbean to learn more about the instruments from latin America!  Bill: Oh sweet!  Slapdash: Yes! And right over here is the teleportation zaporoonie 3000 s model  Bruce: Oh no, remember Mr. Henry, we already tried this thing… I’m still trying to get all of my hair back…  Bill: Oh, I think they have updated the system since then. I’m sure there is nothing wrong with the teleportation zaporoonie 3000 s model now. Right Mr. Slapdash?  Slapdash: Oh yes, of course, nothing will happen..yes, they have ...umm...upgraded the system, the only thing I have seen is some folks come back in mini form... Bruce: Mini form?? Bill: Oh I’m sure he means we feel so small in this great big music world..right Mr. Slapdash?  Slapdash: uhh well, are you familiar with the size of a spoon?   Bruce: Well of course Mr. Slapdash.  Slapdash: Well yes, uhhhh you would be able to walk on the spoon Bill: Yikes, so that kinda mini form.  Bruce: Nope no way am I getting into that machine Bill: Oh come on there is no way we will shrink, the chances are probably like 1 in a shma-zillion.   Slapdash: One out of four.  Bill: And plus we won this...for free! Lets celebrate by checking out more music from Latin America!  Bruce: Wait did he just say 1 out of 4 get shrunk down to a sp… Bill: Put in the coordinates, buckle up the seats belt and fire this bad boy up... (ride music) Bruce: Oh no...look that spoon is huge...it happened we shrunk down...oh no… Bill: (Reading) Here lies the biggest spoon in the world. 200 feet long. Oh no Mr. Fite, we are still normal size,...it just so happens they have the biggest spoon ever here. Oh what's that noise?  Bruce: Oh, sounds like those conga drums we heard earlier.  Bill: Awesome, so what's the deal with the congas?  Bruce:  Well, the conga drum originally came from Cuba.  Bill: Cool!  Bruce: Yeah, and it can be played in a bunch of different ways. We call each way a different “tone”. There is the open tone, bass tone, muffled tone slap tone and rim shot tone.   Bill: Wow, so you can create five different sounds on one drum? I just figured you just hit and with your hand and that's it.   Bruce: Actually, you can play variations of just one of those tones. So, you could play the open tone in three different ways!  Bill: Wow, that seems tough.  Bruce: Sure is, so you could have 15 different types of sounds on the conga drum.  Bill: Wowzers, that would take some serious practice.  Bruce: Now, in an elementary school you may only learn two types of tones on the conga drum. The “low tone” which sounds like this…… and the “high tone” which sounds like this.  Bill: Cool. It looks like the low tone is played in the middle of the drum with a cupped hand.  Bruce: You got it, and the high tone is played on the side of the drum with a flat hand; using the fingers and high part of the hand.  Bill: Sounds fun! Boy, I’m getting kinda tired. I am going to sit down on this box chair here for a second. Bruce: Oh wow! Cool, check it out, you're sitting on the cajon!  Bill: Cajon? Ummm… it's just a box.. How is this an instrument?  Bruce: Well, that's no ordinary box, although it does look like a box made of wood. It's actually a really cool instrument. The cajon is a box drum.  Bill: Hmm , so how do you play this box drum thingy….  Bruce: It’s kinda played like the conga drum but you sit on it while performing. It does have a bunch of tones, but if we focus on the low and high tone, you would play near the middle of the cajon to get a deep, low sound...it almost sounds like a bass drum.  Bill: Wow, thats awesome!  Bruce: Then, if you play towards the top it sounds like a snare drum.  Bill: Neat! How does it have that rattle sound to it?  Bruce: Well, there are these wires called snare wires which are of course found on a snare drum. They use those same wires and put them in between the wood.   Bill: Wow, it's like a drum set in a….box!  Bruce: Yessir!  Bill: So many cool instruments from Latin America.  Bruce: For sure, well it's getting kinda late and I’m getting kinda hungry.. Bill: Yeah samezees. Ok, lets get back to the teleportation zaporoonie 3000 s model.  Bruce: oh great….  Bill: Ok, put in the coordinates.. “Mr. Henry's Dusty Attic”, cool, emergency break off, buckle up…. (ride music)  Bruce: Did we make it back? Wow... I don't remember you having such a large dusty couch in your attic… Bill: Hmmm. ….yeah that's a pretty large cup of water there… i mean I’m thirsty, but that's a ton of wa….. Bruce: Mr. Henry! You shrunk the music teachers!  Bill: Oh I’m sure we can reverse this...let me get the manual let's see….just turn this knob here and do the cha cha slide while clucking like a chicken, then three turns. Bruce: (crying) I don't want to be tiny! I don't want to be tiny I don't want to be tiny (fades away with dreamy sequence) Bruce: (as if sleeping with a bad dream- drooling mouth open saying): I don't want to be tiny I don't want to be tiny.  Bill: Hey Mr. Fite, wake up wake up… you're having a bad… Bruce: Ahhh ghhghagah Oh… boy. I was having a crazy dream about Mr. Slapdash, and learning about all the cool instruments from Latin America, but then getting shrunk into a little...  Slapdash: Hahaha..did you say my name? Don't I just look so smart today and good looking... Bill: Come on Mr. Fite, we are about to go onto the Music Listening Challenge game! The winner gets a trip to the Caribbean!  Time to wrap it up folks! Thank you so much for tuning in to the Music Podcast for Kids. We hope you enjoyed the show, and most importantly, learned something cool today about music. Remember to send in your jokes or even a topic in music you would like us to discuss by visiting our website themusicpodcastforkids.com. If you are interested in awesome educational and fun songs for your kids to listen and sing along with, please visit brucefite.com. Music is available to download with iTunes, CD Baby, and Facebook streaming platforms like Spotify and Amazon Radio. Links will be found in the show notes. If you are interested in learning how to play the piano with a fun and engaging curriculum geared toward kids, please subscribe to Mr. Henry's YouTube channel called Mr. Henry's Music World. Links would be found in the show notes. Please visit iTunes to leave a review of the podcast and also share the podcast with friends, relatives, aliens, whoever! Again we thank you so much for tuning in! 

Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite had the pleasure of sitting down to chat with Fred Mollin. Fred Mollin is an American and Canadian record producer, musician, film and TV composer, music director, music supervisor, and songwriter. He has produced records for many famous singers, and has composed music for movies and television for more than forty years.  As an artist, he has written and produced music for a series of children's albums, including Disney: Lullaby Album: Instrumental Favorites For Baby, peaking at #6 on January 26, 2001, on Billboard's Kid Album music chart; and Disney's Princess Lullaby Album, which peaked at No. 23 on October 25, 2002 (Billboard). He created the musical group Fred Mollin and the Blue Sea Band, composing and producing albums such as Finding Nemo-Ocean Favorites, Lightning McQueen's Fast Tracks, and others, primarily released on Disney/Pixar albums. Here's a short video about the new CD! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFcErmrkUOk Check out his new record label Melody Place Music here: www.melodyplacemusic.com   Check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano   Let the music begin in 3, 2, 1... Learning music, having fun. That’s what we’re gonna do. Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite, exploring along with you. Learning music, having fun. That’s what we’re gonna do. Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite love hanging out with you. The Music Podcast for Kids!   Hello and welcome to The Music Podcast for Kids we're your hosts Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite - Music educators extraordinaire! The Music Podcast for Kids is a fun and educational podcast where we learn and explore the best subject ever -  music!     Legendary record producer film and TV composer musician musical director and songwriter and now record label president of Melody Place BMG, Fred Mollin is Walt Disney records most successful lullaby album artist. He has produced and written best selling children's music since 1998 and has sold over 3 million children’s CDs. He has worked on over 30 Disney album projects including Disney's best selling lullaby albums and album projects for Finding Nemo Lilo & Stitch cars and many more. We had the pleasure to talk with Fred about his first solo children's album called It's Great to be a Kid. So let's get to the interview with Fred Mullen.    We have a very special guest with us today on the music podcast for kids. Legendary record producer and composer Fred Mollin thanks for being on the show. I'm delighted to be on the show. So since we are a music podcast for kids we always like to ask our special guests how they got started with music so did you play music as a kid may be in school take private lessons? What kind of journey did you have when you were growing up with music? Apparently I didn't have much of a choice because as a young child I was quite musical and generally was found in the backyard playing drums on garbage cans. So I think my parents knew I was probably trouble. And so all my life literally as a young child till now I've been a musician. And did you take private lessons? Like did your parents eventually go okay we need to get Fred some lessons or how did that how that work out? Well I grew up middle-class in Long Island New York. My parents were not what we call... My parents were civilians because people in show business are not civilians. And I just had such a tremendous love for music and wanted to make music but it was really it was mostly self-taught. That's amazing. And so for many years you were writing music for Walt Disney records producing lullaby albums based on the movies that were coming out from Disney at the time. Can you tell us more about these albums? Yeah I mean I had a very deep life in music and then from really from 72 when I was a kid still 1998 I had done record production of many records and then I became a TV and film composer from 85 till till about 2001. But then in 1998 a few years before I stopped writing TV and film I got a call from one of my favorite people Jay Landrews who was very much sort of my patron of the Arts on many levels cuz he always would give me opportunities to produce except for during his life as an A&R person. And he had moved to Disney records and he said I have a great idea and asked to do an instrumental lullaby album. This was 1998 to do an instrumental lullaby album of Disney songs and other songs, do them very calmly with piano and strings or guitar and strings. And I thought it was a wonderful idea and I did that album which was called Disney's lullaby album. And it wound up doing really well. And I wound up doing seven others. And one thing we’re always fascinated with is the writing process of each composer. So Eric Whitacre he's someone we talked to he’s a choral and instrumental composer and he'll have like a musical idea then create a map. Like actually hand write it out to take the audience on a journey and you know so that that was his process? So what type of process do you have and maybe that process even changes from song to song? Well if we’re talking about the lullaby albums in particular ‘cause I've done so much different kinds of work. But the lullaby albums I would work with another person. Generally a piano player who is even better than me. And we would just talk about the ideas of the arrangement I would sort of sit with him at the piano and say I hear this or that I hear this and then he wouldn't embellish it. And then my dear pal my best friend in life Matt McCauley would write the strings for it. And it was a very organic process. I don't know because I came from a world of teaching yourself. I didn't come from an academic musical life. A lot of what I do is very much based on my musical instincts but not based on writing things out and handing them to people. right yeah that's interesting cool. So and now you're the president of a record label called Melody Place BMG and there's a new album coming out called It's Great to be a Kid. Can you tell us first what inspired the writing of this album? Well first of all thank you I started the label 2 years ago with my partner Lee Shockey and um you know I've always wanted to run a record label. But it's a small passionate boutique record label. And one of the projects that we did is very near and dear to my heart in total. I've probably done about thirty kids' albums for Disney records since 1998 till about a couple years ago. So I know kids music really well. When the pandemic hit I was here in Nashville and I was very much alone. And I was missing my two grandchildren who were one and three living in Toronto. And I decided to use some of my time that I was sequestered during and I decided to write some songs about the great things in life that they would get to experience. And I would go down to my studio every day and in this time I think it was approximately April or May. And there's not a lot of hope going on because of the pandemic. But I went down to the studio every day you know walk downstairs and went into my home studio and I'd write a new song each day that talked about things that I thought they would love to be able to experience especially once the pandemic was over.  And so things like you know the love of animals, the weather, the taste of food having your parents or caretakers put you to sleep at night. So I just wrote about twelve songs. And you know it was the first time ever that I've done it where it wasn't for hire where it wasn’t like Disney records was calling me saying can you write this. So I sort of became my own record label. And I didn't tell my partner who was more the business partner in the company. But I went and I spent my own money and recorded it with my great friends and musicians. And then I sent it to my partner and I said what do you think? And she goes we got to put this out. And so originally it was really done for my grandchildren. But now I hope it's for everyone. That's awesome. So the CD arrived at my house. Thank you for sending that. And my first impression when I opened it up was man I really love this CD cover. So to describe it I have it in my hand now the audience can’t see it but it's it's written it's written in crayon and it's just it's just it's a very simple but super cool. I just don't know why I just when I saw it I was like I thought I just love this cover. It just felt good. So my kids they’re three and five and we actually spent our time in the basement just playing. They like to play mean guy where I'm the mean guy you know. And we were listening to the CD to listen to the whole CD and just had a lot of fun and what I really loved about it was the diversity. So there was a lot of and not just in the content but also the sound of each song. Very catchy and very educational. And that the first song Play Time has a really fun groove. I really liked the groove. I mean it just I think it just really sucks you right into it. So I was just curious what inspired the song Play Time? Well as I said I would go down to my studio every morning early in the morning and that would just let my imagination you know go a little bit. And one of those days I just hit my little sequencer and computer and I got sort of an up tempo groove on the drums. I started to play Play Time. so there's not much to really analyze here.  I wanted to write songs about different experiences children would have in their young years. And one of the great experiences you have as a young child is to learn how to play. So there's not much more to it except you know I think I was inspired a little bit by the Paul Simon song Me and Julio by the Schoolyard which has that sort of you know vibe rhythmically. Yeah. And so when I wrote it I said it must have been inspired a little bit by that and then when I cut it with my musicians in Nashville I really you know was able to say to them have want this sort of  vibe here on the drums, I want this on the you know and it just became a little bit of a of a slightly up-tempo very uptempo. But a slight homage in a way to the Paul Simon song. And speaking of musicians, there is a variety of artists that you have on the CD. Musically that just brings a great amount of diversity so can you tell us more? I saw the EPK on YouTube where you give little introduction to some of the songs that was really fascinating to see the overlay of the folks in the studio and then hearing the audio it was really fascinating. So can you tell us more about some of the artists you work with and maybe how the collaboration process can bring life to the music in the studio? Well if you know I'm very used to bringing a lot of great musicians on the floor of the studio that's what I do. And except for the 17 years I scored TV and film from about 85 till about 2000-2001 where it was really done very much on my own. My favorite thing to do in the best thing I do is to work with live musicians in the studio on the studio floor. And in Nashville we have the greatest musicians in the world and the greatest singers and the greatest studios. So it’s effortless to make records. But on this project I picked a certain bunch of guys that I just love working with and we went in one day and we cut 12 songs in one day. And it was just you know again you have to remember that this is what I do well. And I think I stink at most things but I think I'm good at making records with live musicians. And so I have wonderful musicians to work with. The collaboration is effortless. And then what I decided to do on this record was to cast vocals so that I knew I wanted to do maybe four or five songs by myself. But I had other people in mind do other songs. I didn't want to sing every song myself. so I called in Tania Hancheroff. And I called Troy Johnson both top Nashville background singers and demos singers. They're fantastic. And I love their voices and their variety of sounds. And then also um I brought in Caryn Richman from L.A. who is an actress and a voice actor. And I thought she'd be fun to have on some of those songs as well. So we just spread the wealth a little bit and it was just done again like you said create different colors, you know. Yeah yeah that's cool and I was talking about this earlier about how the content that you chose was really great too. And I was going to ask about you know what inspired these different pieces of content. But you kind of explained that it was something that you wanted your grandkids to experience you know especially post-pandemic here. But I did want to mention some of the things like you talk about the kitty cat and the weather and animals and ice cream and cleaning the house and in the Bedtime one.  so you know it was just it's such a cool diverse bit of content as well. and I really saw this as something that kids could not only you know you would hope that they would experience it but even just learning about it you know learning about these things. And I saw it as something that little kids can listen to in an educational setting for sure. So was there something to that as well like when you are writing it, like almost like you wanted to educate kids as well through these songs? Well I don't know if I felt I wanted to educate although that's a lofty feeling. I would love to feel that way but I just wanted to write songs that celebrated all the things they could look forward to. And as a bonus on the CD are the interactive tracks where the kids can perform along with the music and with a little help from the singers. So thanks for that it's really as music teachers we were we really appreciate that cuz it's it's always good to have a in a great backing track in just a little bit a little bit of a nudge there for the kids to get moving so it's perfect for teachers out there who want to have the kids perform. Was there a did you what was the what was the goal with that was that to what was the goal to have it work out that way? I'm nothing but a veteran.  I've done so many records over my lifetime and so much music it just seemed obvious to me for children's albums of which I told you for Disney I’ve  probably done at least 30 that it will be great to have some sing alongs type songs or act along songs or join in songs. So I just decided I'd give three bonus tracks where the children you know the simpler songs you know the ones that we really had a sing-along vibe to them. So for instance on Kitty Cat very obvious that's the only song I had written before. I wrote that song in 1986 for my two-year-old son and it became a family favorite over the years. And I put that on the album. But I remember my son singing along so the Kitty goes meow the Kitty goes meow and he would do the sounds. So that’s what really gave me the idea. Why don't we do some you know alternative mixes where the children can join in and I wasn't thinking really about education as much as just you know that children tend to want to sing along or join in. Yeah that's awesome so yeah as we wrap up our time together what advice or bit of wisdom could you share with our listeners as they explore the world of music around them?  In working for so long as a freelancer and then for two years running Disney records A&R I learned so much about children's music that I am well versed in it. So I think what's critical is to make music for children that the caregivers also enjoy. And I think it's really important that the music has a certain I wouldn't say sophistication but I would say that music has a certain elevation so that the children are able to enjoy the moments of listening and then maybe they join in. So there's not a lot of like I said there's not a lot of analyzing and you know intellectual thought that goes into my making of music for children except that I just want them to be able to enjoy the different colors that I provide. And because I've done so much of it this record was particularly a joy to do. And I wanted it to be something that the children could feel comforted by. It's great. Well Fred Mollin we want to thank you again for all of your great music especially in this new album It's Great to be a Kid. The album is available on March 12th 2021 and it's great for listening at home in the car or if you're a teacher it's even great for the classroom. So we will have a link to the website in the show notes and hope everyone listens, grab the copy to enjoy. So Fred thanks again for taking the time to chat with us on The Music Podcast for Kids today and we wish you all the best. Thank you so much for having me on.   Time to wrap it up folks! Thank you so much for tuning in to the Music Podcast for Kids. We hope you enjoyed the show, and most importantly, learned something cool today about music. Remember to send in your jokes or even a topic in music you would like us to discuss by visiting our website themusicpodcastforkids.com. If you are interested in awesome educational and fun songs for your kids to listen and sing along with, please visit brucefite.com. Music is available to download with iTunes, CD Baby, and Facebook streaming platforms like Spotify and Amazon Radio. Links will be found in the show notes. If you are interested in learning how to play the piano with a fun and engaging curriculum geared toward kids, please subscribe to Mr. Henry's YouTube channel called Mr. Henry's Music World. Links would be found in the show notes. Please visit iTunes to leave a review of the podcast and also share the podcast with friends, relatives, aliens, whoever! Again we thank you so much for tuning in!   

St. Patrick’s Rap March 17th is St. Patrick’s Day! To help you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, Mr. Henry wrote a crazy catchy rap song about … well… St. Patrick! There’s some fun rhythm play alongs. You’ll also learn a little bit about the history of St. Patrick as you’re grooving along. We hope you enjoy!   Check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano     The video of the St. Patrick’s Rap can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDKcJ-FqOf4   Listening Challenge Answers: Different Same Different Same Different   Hey there Music Podcast for Kids listeners!  This is Mr. Henry, and we just wanted to sincerely thank you so much for tuning into the show,  listening to the show. And if you could do us a huge, huge favor, if you could leave a review, that would just be absolutely fantastic. With reviews we can get more people to listen to the show and spread the love of music. So, if you could just take a little bit of time to leave a review, that would be absolutely fantastic! So thank you so much again and we hope you have a great week!   (Theme Song): Let the music begin in 3, 2, 1... Learning music, having fun. That’s what we’re gonna do. Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite, exploring along with you. Learning music, having fun. That’s what we’re gonna do. Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite love hanging out with you. The Music Podcast for Kids!   Hello and welcome to The Music Podcast for Kids we're your hosts Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite - Music educators extraordinaire! The Music Podcast for Kids is a fun and educational podcast where we learn and explore the best subject ever -  music!     And now, the music joke of the day. We love jokes, so if you have a joke, please visit our website themusicpodcastforkids.com to submit your joke. And guess what? It doesn't even have to be a music joke; it can be any joke. We will read and enjoy your joke on the podcast and also let everyone know who it came from and where you are in this great big wonderful music world.    Our joke of the day is This joke comes from Maggie, a listener of the show. Did you hear about the light bulb party? It was lit !  Make sure to send in your jokes by visiting our website themusicpodcastforkids.com a link to the website can be found in the show notes.  Thank you so much for listening. We hope you are enjoying the show so far. Please subscribe to the podcast to receive the latest episodes and leave a review through iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. Also get updates on what we are up to Facebook and Instagram by finding us at Music Podcast for Kids. Links will be found in the show notes. On to the show!   To continue our celebration of Irish music and to get ready for St. Patrick's Day, we present the Saint Patrick Rap. The St. Patrick Rap can be found in video format at Mr. Henry's Music World YouTube channel. A link will be in the description box. We hope you enjoy!    The music podcast for kids is brought to you by brucefite.com. Our very own Mr. Bruce Fite has truly fun and educational songs for kids to listen and sing along to. Music can be purchased through iTunes, CD Baby, and other downloadable websites. Stream Bruce's music through Spotify, Amazon Radio, or wherever you listen to music. Bruce also performs live events. visit brucefitet.com for more information on his music and booking live events.   Time for the super duper music challenge. It’s time to test your ears. Test your ears? I don't think you can really give your ears a test Mr. Henry. I mean how do your ears hold a pencil without bleeding? Oh no Mr. Fite, when I say test your ears I mean listening to something and trying to figure it out through hearing it. Oh right of course. Time to play the music podcast for kids super duper music listening challenge. A little bit long of a title? We’ll have to work it out we will. We’ll work it out. Okay onto the challenge.    For today's challenge we are going to listen to two rhythms and you have to figure out if the rhythms are the same or different. So let's try number one.  For number one I'm going to play A and then I'll play B. And then for number one you would decide if it's the same or different. Are you ready? Here is number 1 A. Here is B. Are they the same or different? Number two Here is A. Here is B. Are they the same or different? Number 3. Here is letter A. Here is B. Are they the same or different? Here is the number 4. Letter A goes. Letter B goes. Are they the same or different? And the last one number 5 Here is letter A. Here is B. Are they the same or different? Check your answers by going to the show notes. We hope you did a great job.   Time to wrap it up folks! Thank you so much for tuning in to the Music Podcast for Kids. We hope you enjoyed the show, and most importantly, learned something cool today about music. Remember to send in your jokes or even a topic in music you would like us to discuss by visiting our website themusicpodcastforkids.com. If you are interested in awesome educational and fun songs for kids to listen and sing along with, please visit brucefite.com. Music is available to download with iTunes, CD Baby, and Facebook streaming platforms like Spotify and Amazon Radio. Links will be found in the show notes. If you are interested in learning how to play the piano with a fun and engaging curriculum geared toward kids, please subscribe to Mr. Henry's YouTube channel called Mr. Henry's Music World. Links would be found in the show notes. Please visit iTunes to leave a review of the podcast and also share the podcast with friends, relatives, aliens, whoever! Again we thank you so much for tuning in! 

The Music of Ireland Part 2  In part 2 of The Music of Ireland series, Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite finally get to Ireland! They enjoy the beautiful scenery and learn about some really cool Irish musical instruments. They also discuss some traditional Irish song forms which are also great for dancing. Oh, and who’s that? Mr. Hairylegs?! How did he get to Ireland? Find out in today’s episode! We also got to chat with Marc Gunn, an Irish/Celtic music podcaster and musician. Check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano     Marc Gunn’s podcast can be found here: https://www.celticmusicpodcast.com/   Listening Challenge Answers: 2nd instrument 1st instrument 2nd instrument 2nd instrument (Theme Song): Let the music begin in 3, 2, 1... Learning music, having fun. That’s what we’re gonna do. Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite, exploring along with you. Learning music, having fun. That’s what we’re gonna do. Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite love hanging out with you. The Music Podcast for Kids!   Hello and welcome to The Music Podcast for Kids we're your hosts Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite - Music educators extraordinaire! The Music Podcast for Kids is a fun and educational podcast where we learn and explore the best subject ever -  music!     On today’s episode, we are learning about Music of Ireland Part 2. In this episode we continue our journey and even get to interview an Irish music specialist to learn more about music of Ireland.   And now, the music joke of the day. We love jokes, so if you have a joke, please visit our website themusicpodcastforkids.com to submit your joke. And guess what? It doesn't even have to be a music joke; it can be any joke. We will read and enjoy your joke on the podcast and also let everyone know who it came from and where you are in this great big wonderful music world.    Our joke of the day is... Well first we just wanted to say that we have been getting your jokes, which is awesome. So keep them coming. Here are a couple from our listeners. This joke today comes from Niko. Okay what is Beethoven's favorite fruit? Banana banana. Great joke, Niko. This joke comes from Emma. What is the mountain that sleeps forever? Mount Ever-rest.  Make sure to send in your jokes by visiting our website: themusicpodcastforkids.com. A link to the website can be found in the show notes.  And now, the music word of the day. In part one of the Music of Ireland adventure we discussed meter as the music word of the day. We further discuss the meter of music from Ireland in our continuation of the journey today so wanted to recap the word meter. There are many sides to meter, but the one angle to recap on is the combination of how music sounds and its relation to meter. If you hear music that has a marching feel to it, it’s using in meter of 2. If you can hear music that makes you sway back and forth, it can be in a meter of three or a compound meter which we discuss further in today's episode. And music that makes you want to bop your head while you dance is in the most common meter of Western music...meter of 4.  Another word to discuss today is the drone...and not like a drone that flies around and also not like when someone keeps droning on and on and on about their life story- like that one time when I was riding my bike on the fresh new pavement that the pavement guy just put down, such a nice smooth ride on my super sweet bike, so excited to get out on the fresh new, hot blacktop, I didn't even put my shoes on, and of course I had to stop to see something, so as I stopped I hopped off with my bear feet right on the fresh new Hot blacktoooooaaah.   Mr. Q: Hey Mr. Henry!    Me: Oh hey there Mr Quarter, well you scared me.   Mr. Q: Well Mr Henry, you keep droning on and on about your life story while we are trying to learn the music word of the day...drone.    Me: Oh right I got a little carried away with that story...     Mr. Q: Yeah, so about that story Mr. Henry    Me: oh yeah...that story...um…   Mr. Q: Sooooo, you walked on hot blacktop...with no shoes...didn't you Mr. Henry    Me: Ummm well… uhhh..yeah let's get back to the music world of the day: Drone. In music a drone is a note or couple of notes that is held out for a long period of time. The note sustains. Let's take a listen to this drone…. We will learn about this instrument from Ireland today, that has a bottom end note that sustains or is held continuously, as the other notes are played over top  Awesome! And that’s the: “Music Word of the Day!”   Thank you so much for listening. We hope you are enjoying the show so far. Please subscribe to the podcast to receive the latest episodes and leave a review through iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. Also get updates on what we are up to Facebook and Instagram by finding us at Music Podcast for Kids. Links will be found in the show notes. On to the show!   And now, the main subject of the day.  Bill: Alrighty then, got some food and ready to roll.    Bruce: Ah great, I'm starving. Well we best get on our way Mr. Hairylegs.    Hairy: Have a great trip!    Bruce: Thanks!    Bill: Yeah thanks Mr. Hairy Legs, oh and sorry again for smacking ya with the sand anchor… whoops...yeah...   Bruce: So how many more days until we reach Ireland…   Bill: Well let me look at the hot air balloon app I downloaded...looks like… hmmm it says no map available for this long of a trip…?    Bruce: What? Oh boy...   Bill: Oh, I’m sure my signal is just weak is all..once we get back up there it’ll kick back in...no worries… here we go!!!    (in a goofy voice) Two Hundred, twenty five days, 4 hours, twenty five minutes, and 32 second…later... 33 seconds...ummm 34 seconds… and… there's..   Bruce: (annoyed) Ok...Mr. Henry….maybe we put the penny whistle away…..phew are we there yet? I’m kinda getting sick of these granola bars.    Bill: Wait a tick! I think I see it….IRELAND   Bruce: Wow...IRELAND. Look at those cliffs?     Bill: Yeah those are the cliffs of moher. See I knew we would make it.    Bruce: Yeah I guess you were right.    Bill: Ok, let's make sure we land this thing nicely…. Lift this thing up... And throw out the sand anchor and…. (throws and hits   Bruce: Look out! (smash)   Bill: . Mr. Harylegs?    Bruce: Yeah Mr. Hairylegs? How did you get to Ireland?    Hariy: Well, when you said you were going to Ireland, I decided to get on a plane to check it out. Been here for almost 6 months now. I love it!    Bruce: 6 months?? You mean we have been in the hot air balloon for 6 months? Mr. Henry!     Bill: Oh yeah, it went by fast though Mr. Fite...time flies when…. your having….fun..hey what's that sound?    Bruce: Wow cool. Those are the uilleann pipes. They are just like bagpipes.     Bill: A yeah bagpipes...that's when you have a bunch of little pipes in a big bag and you shake it around like a percussion instrumen…? Why are you looking at me that way Mr. Fite?    Bruce: Oh boy Mr. Henry...no bagpipes sound like this….. (bagpipe sound).......to play bagpipes you use your air to fill up a bag, then you press the bag with your arm as you place your fingers on different holes to create different notes and sounds.   Bill: Oh cool….I hear a droning sound too.    Bruce: Yeah, exactly. We learned about the drone sound when learning about Music of India, in episode number 7.     Bill: Right! The droning sound is when you have a continuous note or set of notes that constantly play while the melody or tune is performed.     Bruce: Right! We hear a drone in the bagpipes as well.    Bill: The bagpipes and uillena pipes are a little different. To play the bagpipes the musician uses their air to fill up the bag, but the uilleann pipes do not require the musician to blow into the bags, rather there are bellows that are pressed by the arm to generate the air into the instrument.    Bruce: Bellows?     Hairy: Elbows?    Bill: No Mr. Hairylegs….not elbows. Bellows. A bellow is a device that you press together to create a large amount of air. Bellows are found in the uilleann pipes to pump air into the instrument making that cool sound.    Bruce: Pretty cool stuff.    Bill: Oh I hear more music coming from that restaurant over there...let's go check it out.     Bruce: Yeah, lets get some food too!    Bill:  Oh yeah I am starving. (music plays) Boy that music sounds great. Traditional Irish music is known for its storytelling.    Bruce: Yeah for sure and a traditional music session or play along is known in Irish as a seisiun (sheh-shun).    Bill: Sweet looks like there is a violin, acoustic guitar, bodhran and that little box thing with buttons on it?    Bruce: Ahh yes, that's the concertina. The concertina became more popular in a revival of traditional irish music. The concertina is also called a button accordion. There are a bunch of buttons that you press while squeezing the instrument back and forth to make a sound.    Hairy: Makes me want to get up and do a little jig-a roonie   Bruce: Yeah Mr. Hairylegs! Actually a jig is a type of music that has a certain feel, that in “total musical nerd” talk is in compound meter.    Bill (nerd voice): Yes, compound meter or also known as compound time consists of a beat in a measure that is broken up into three separate parts.  The numbers typically associated with compound meter include 6, 9, 12, 15 and more. Theoretically, compound meter could be translated into simple time but the use of….   Bruce: Ok..ok Mr. Henry, that probably went (phew) straight over our heads.    Bill: . ah, yes sorry about that. Maybe we just focus on how compound meter sounds and feels.    Bruce: Yeah, good thinking. We talked about meter as the music word of the day today. Compound meter has a sound like this….. When you hear music in compound time it usually has us swaying back and forth within our movement or dancing.    Bill: Exactly, and the jig was a popular feel in Irish music that allowed people to dance and feel a certain way. Music is pretty powerful in its ability to get people to move and feel great while doing it!     Hairy: Oh yes, I’m feeling happier and happier with this here jig!    Bruce: Nice moves Mr. Hairylegs!    Bill: Oh yeah get it going Mr. Hairylegs! Some of the most popular traditional irish bands are the Dubliners, Chieftains and Clancy Brothers.    Bruce: Yuppers! So if you're ever in the mood for some great music, check out those cats.    Bill: Cats? Ummm. they are not cats Mr. Fite   Bruce: Oh, that's just a figure of speech...back in the day in jazz music they would call a cool musician “cats” which… oh boy...that confused look again...ok forget it.    Bill: Yeah, Well, this has been a pretty cool adventure. So much cool music in Ireland. Let's sit and enjoy the music and food. Then! We will get back home in our hot air balloon.   Bruce: The hot air balloon? Yeah right Mr. Henry, you won't drag me on that thing again.    Bill: Oh come on we can play “What instrument does that cloud look like” the whole way home..it’ll be great, i ‘m getting pretty good at that penny whistle, oh  then we can stop too see Paris, and Italy, and Greenland..oh and I always wanted to see Egypt and….    Bruce: And that's the...Together: Music of Ireland!    The music podcast for kids is brought to you by Mr. Henry's Music World YouTube channel. If you are interested in learning how to play the piano with a fun and engaging curriculum geared towards kids please subscribe to Mr. Henry's YouTube channel called mr. Henry's Music World. Links will be found in the show notes. Again we thank you so much for tuning in. Time for the super duper music challenge. Time to test your ears. Test your ears? I don't think you can really give your ears a test Mr. Henry I mean how do your ears hold a pencil without bleeding? Oh no Mr. Fite, when I say test your ears I mean listening to something and trying to figure it out through hearing it. Oh right of course. Time to play the music podcast for kids super duper music listening challenge. A little bit long of a title? We’ll have to work it out okay onto the challenge. In today’s episode we learned all about the music of Ireland and got to hear some cool instruments that are a part of traditional Irish music, so we wanted to test your listening skills. I'm going to play two examples and you have to guess which instrument is from Ireland. One.  Here is the first instrument. Here is the second instrument. Two. Here is the first instrument Here is the second instrument. Three. Here is the first instrument. Here is the second instrument. Four here is the first instrument.  Here is the second instrument. Check your answers by going to the show notes we hope you did a great job.   Marc Gunn is an American musician and podcaster and known for his performances on an instrument called the autoharp. Marc has and continues his amazing, award-winning podcast called Irish and Celtic Music podcast. It was great to talk with Marc about the music of Ireland, so let's get to the chat!     Hello Marc Gunn, and welcome to the Music Podcast for Kids!    So Mark we always like to start out by asking our special guests about their music background as a child. So what experiences did you have as a child in the school setting and maybe outside of school as well? I didn't do much in school. Most of mine was outside of it. My family both my mom and dad, both played musical instruments so I played the piano. Got lessons for about a year. It didn't take very well, I didn't like to practice nearly enough, but it was a lot of fun. In high school I picked up the guitar and got lessons again outside of school and that cooked a little bit more aside from the problems with my guitar which was it was a really big instrument and cut off the circulation in my arm. So it wasn’t until college I think I really really started nailing down playing the guitar. So as a guitarist who were some of your big inspirations as you began your guitar career. It wasn't so much about playing guitar as it was being Elvis Presley. He was my idol growing up and so I wanted to be a songwriter like him. It wasn't much later that I realized that he didn't write any songs but I fell in love with this music and I I did it. The first thing I started learning was how to play songs by Elvis Presley. And it just went from there. Awesome. So the guitar you were performing in high school you were performing in college, but the instrument that you perform now is the autoharp. So yeah super interested in this instrument and kind of how it works and giving our listeners a little more idea of you know what it looks like and how it's played and things like that. So could you tell us more about the autoharp? Alright yeah the autoharp is a sort of triangular instrument. You usually find it like you know grade school but it's basically a very simple instrument because it's you press a button and it creates a chord and all you do is strum and it creates this gorgeous sound. It's got this very full body. It’s  got five octaves. It’s based on the zither which is a much older instrument and about a thousand years old. But the modern adaptation started the late eighteen-hundreds 1890s. And it's just got  a beautiful sound. And it's so simple to play. And again all you have to be able to do is press a button and strum and that strum will be everything in the cord. And it's just, it just sounds fantastic, it’s gorgeous. And having it being an instrument that is a little easier to play it would be a great instrument for kids to get just to start experimenting with things so yeah yeah that's cool. And actually Bruce I don't know if this was the deal for you, but when I so we're both Marc we’re both Elementary music teachers. Right and so I've been teaching for 15 years. When I first came there autoharps what must have been the rage. Like in elementary school for kids. Well they were like the ukuleles of today. The toughest part of the autoharp is the tuning. There are 36 strings and they go out of tune fairly easily. I spend at least a good 15 minutes making sure that the instrument is in tune before I even start playing. And once it's in tune you know it'll usually last at least a good solid 30 minutes if I’m  not playing it too hard. But sometimes it'll go for the full hour or whatever before I have to sit back down and make sure all the strings are in tune. And you start hearing little notes out of tune in the process. So you went from being Elvis or wanting to be Elvis to Irish and Celtic music. So could you give us some insight on what instruments you might see in a traditional Irish Celtic band? Yeah, so the autoharp is not one. The autoharp is an American folk instrument created in the late 1800s. It’s based on a German design. Popularized through Sears catalog. And it’s not one of the instruments but it is a great singer's instrument, a great folk instrument. If you like to sing its a wonderful instrument to have. Now in the Irish music world typically, you're going to have one of my favorites which is the fiddle, the flute or the Penny Whistle, the Irish the octave mandolin and the mandolin, a derivative of the fiddle. You have also have uilleann pipes which are a form of bagpipes for the Irish. There's the Irish drum which is called the bodhran and those are the types of instruments you usually find in an Irish session. And you’ll also find a guitar. Guitar has become very popular as well. Although there’s usually a slightly different tuning from most guitars. Yeah that's cool. Something that I saw it with I was lucky enough to travel to Ireland and it was like an acoustic Duo and and I guess you could you know this could be all across the world but it was the first time I'd seen it. They had put a microphone inside the case of their guitar and they used that as the like and they would stomp on it. like oh nice yeah. I was like oh that's so cool like I never even thought to do that but it just fit that driving music so well that we find. In the musical styles that are most common in Ireland, you have the Reel and The Jig. and and when that sounds like a very much great tactic for a reel because reels are a  driving four four beats you know. It’s got this really great driving sound. Whereas the Irish jig which has this lilting.  Yeah that's cool.    So, in jazz music players in other following types of form which for listeners that's basically a way of saying like the way the music's organized. Like when you're in that situation as a jazz musician everyone that you can understand where you are in the music and there's a lot of improvisation and even though it may not seem like to a listener watching that it might not seem like you're communicating but there's a high level of communication. Is there something similar in traditional Irish music? New Orleans was interesting to me, was one of the top three immigration spots for the Irish during the potato blight in the 1800s and a huge Irish influence in New Orleans. Which of course New Orleans is also where the place is considered the birthplace of jazz. I have a friend who actually wants to do a research paper on the idea that Irish music was one of the big influencers of jazz because musically yes Jazz has it definitely has a you know a solid form and such. Irish music has a very solid form as well. You know you have  the reels in the Jigs and what not but there is less of the Improv aspect that you find in Irish music than Jazz. Usually what you'll have is a tune and the tune is a Melody that fits into a certain form again reels, jigs, polkas, mazurkas or whatever. They might be you're going to have all these very specific formats and then during the set you might change to a different tune and it might be the same key, might be a different key but it's very different. But at the same time if you know them once you know the melody you know it's very easy to follow along because all the sudden you're in that same format which is again it very much like the Jazz sessions where they might include a little bit more improv and variations and whatnot. In the Irish session you might have a little bit less of that but it's there still the same structure that the Jazz session will have so it's a really interesting comparison between the two I find.    So you have a podcast called Irish and Celtic music podcast. So can you tell us more about the podcast and the mission that it has? So I started the podcast in 2005 in the early early early days of podcasting. Yeah I think it was you know less than a year into podcasting when the podcast started. And the show is a music podcast, it’s like a radio show and it features an hour-long show of music by Celtic musicians. And the idea is to celebrate Celtic culture through music. So now not all of the music is traditional Irish music like I was describing these reels & Jigs and such as a lot of songs is a lot of fun sing alongs which is one of the other big things about Irish music is the ballads and such. And a lot more fusions of traditional Irish songs and tunes with a contemporary music the Celtic Rock genre. And the various many different fusions of that. And so my podcast is centered around again celebrating all of these fusions and making them readily available no matter where you are in the world and no matter what style of Celtic music you have around the world because again there. When the Irish I put out a CD called how America saved Irish music and the idea is basically that did you know all this traditional Irish music came out of Ireland and went to the United States and Australia went to Germany and Italy went to Russia and Japan.    And all these fusions came back and created an almost new style of traditional Celtic music. And such that the you know songs like Danny Boy one of the most famous quote unquote Irish songs is actually a song that was as an Irish Melody but it was written by an English lawyer. But it's become an essential part of Irish music world. And so it's fascinating again, the fusion of these cultures and by bringing them all together we are able to more greatly be able to appreciate and celebrate these different cultures with all the influences that have merged together and the diversity of Celtic music. Yeah that's something. Well Marc Gunn thanks so much for being on the show and that we wish you all the best in the future with your music with your podcast. So thank you so much. Thank you very much. You take care.    Time to wrap it up folks! Thank you so much for tuning in to the Music Podcast for Kids. We hope you enjoy the show, and most importantly, learned something cool today about music. 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Join Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite on an exciting adventure as they take a hot air balloon to Ireland. We run into Mr. Hairylegs and make a snack run before the big trip. This is part one of a two-part series. Wish us luck as we learn about the music of Ireland!    Check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano     (Theme Song): Let the music begin in 3, 2, 1... Learning music, having fun. That’s what we’re gonna do. Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite, exploring along with you. Learning music, having fun. That’s what we’re gonna do. Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite love hanging out with you. The Music Podcast for Kids!   Hello and welcome to The Music Podcast for Kids we're your hosts Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite - Music educators extraordinaire! The Music Podcast for Kids is a fun and educational podcast where we learn and explore the best subject ever -  music!     (sound of a hot air balloon)   Bill: Ok, just give it a little more, put this strap here...and yup I think we are about ready.     Bruce: Hey Mr. Henry, so umm yeah where did you get this?   Bill: Oh yeah I got this on Shaz am azon    Bruce: Wow, I didn't know you could get an entire hot air balloon…    Bill: . Oh, yeah. It was a good deal too. So are you ready?    Bruce: Ready for what?    Bill: Oh come on Mr. Fite, ready for our trip with the hot air balloon.    Bruce: Are you certified to operate this thing?    Bill: . Certified? Well it did come with this certificate that says...congratulations you now own a certified hot air balloon...so yeah..I'm certified...Oh come on, just going up and down is no big deal. Plus I read the manual front to back so no worries.    Bruce: Well, ok..it sure does look fun.    Bill: Hop on in! Ok..let's give a little more juice and up we go!    Bruce: Wow, this is pretty cool. Look at the view!    Bill: Yeah I know and imagine the view when we get to our final destination.   Bruce: umm final destination?   Bill: Yup, Ireland!   Bruce: Ireland!??? But that's a bazillion miles away.    Bill: Yeah I know, it’ll be so awesome to travel across the world with this beautiful view to get to ireland and learn all about irish music.    Bruce: Mr. Henry! How are we going to get all the way across the ocean in this thing! It’s impossible.    Bill: Well if you say it's impossible, then it will be ...so just think positive. We will be fine.    Bruce: Fine? What about food and water???    Bill: Oh I got a couple boxes of granola bars and I figured it would have to rain eventually so just fill up our cups and whala...water!    Bruce: Oh boy...this is definitely not a good idea.    Bill: But look at that view...how can we turn back now.  Bruce: Well...Ok...It would be cool to see what's going on with music in Ireland.    Bill: Yeah totally...so uhh any idea what this thing does?    Bruce: I thought you said you read the manual front to back.    Bill: . Did I say front to back? Oh I meant the front and back...kinda skipped all the stuff in the middle. Too many words...   Bruce: Too many words…? Too many words…? Oh boy   Bill: Well I’m sure we can figure it out. No worries. Here we come Ireland!    And now, the music joke of the day. We love jokes, so if you have a joke, please visit our website themusicpodcastforkids.com to submit your joke. And guess what? It doesn't even have to be a music joke; it can be any joke. We will read and enjoy your joke on the podcast and also let everyone know who it came from and where you are in this great big wonderful music world.    Our joke of the day is... This joke today comes from Georgia. Okay Mr. Fite, why did the banana go to the doctor? Because he wasn't peeling well. This Joke comes from and I hope I’m pronouncing this correctly, Sneya. Why didn’t the turkey cross the street? To prove it wasn’t a chicken   Make sure to send in your jokes by visiting our website: themusicpodcastforkids.com. A link to the website can be found in the show notes.    And now, the music word of the day.  Bruce: Before we get to our main subject of the day, Music of Ireland, let’s take a look at the music word of the day: Meter!    Bill: Meter is Music can also be called time signature.    Bruce: Ah yes a time signature..let me just grab my pen here and sign my name..I know you’ve always wanted my autograph Mr. Henry, with being super popular n stuff and...   Bill: . No Mr. Fite, I’m not interested in your autograph or signature.    Bruce: Oh whoops..sorry about that.    Bill: I would be interested in Taylor Swift's autograph though...    Bruce: Ok..yeah yeah yeah .    Bill: Right, so anyway...I was saying TIME signature. The time signature or Meter is a collection of numbers found at the beginning of music. There are usually two numbers with one number on top and the other on the bottom.    Bruce: Ah, just like a fraction!    Bill: Well, it does kinda look like a fraction, only fractions have a line that separates the top and bottom number. The meter or time signature does not have that line.    Bruce: Ok, got it, so there are two numbers that are stacked on top of each other.     Bill: . Correct, the bottom number is usually 4, although it can be a different number which is always multiplied by the number 2.    Bruce: Ok, so let me get my calculator out and yes...and hmmm...carry the one… and ok...so 4 times 2 = …….. 8!    Bill: Correct, so the bottom number could be an 8 and other numbers like 16, 32, 64, 128, 256….   Bruce: Woah woah woah! 256?  Bill: . Ok, maybe not 256. The most common numbers on the bottom are 4 and 8.    Bruce: Cool. What about the top number?    Bill: The top number can literally be any number on the planet.    Bruce: Sweet, so like my favorite number?    Bill: Sure Mr. Fite, yes your favorite number can be on the top of our time signature.    Bruce: Wanna know what it is? Huh do ya? Wanna know...waaaaaannnna a know what my favorite number is?    Bill: Oh boy! Yeah fine ok, what's your favorite number?    Bruce: Two million, three hundred and forty six.    Bill: Oh boy…… well ok I didn't see that coming...umm yeah sorry we probably would never see your favorite number as the top number in meter..   Bruce: Ah darn.   Bill: Yeah typically we see number like 2, 3 and 4 on the top part of our time signature. We do also see 6, and 12 as well!     Bruce: Cool! But not two million, three hundred and forty six.    Bill: No   Bruce: Right of course! Ok, so the top number could be 2 and the bottom number could be 4…..  2/4.    Bill: You betcha. And lots of the time, music that is in 2/4 has a marching kinda style to it!    Bruce: Sweet, what about 3 on top and 4 on the bottom? 3.4!   Bill: Well sure!  ¾ has a swaying kinda sound to it... like this….. It makes you want to sway back and forth as you listen.    Bruce: And what about 4 on top and 4 on bottom?    Bill: Well Mr. Fite 4/4 is the most popular meter of them all. Basically if you hear music you can bop your head back and forth to, as you listen, or dance to, it’s probably in 4/4. Lots of music we listen to is in the meter of 4/4.  It's so common, that they even call it common time!   Bruce: Pretty cool. So, these numbers have a big effect on how the music feels.    Bill: That's a great way to put it Mr. Fite. Yes, if a person is writing music and they want to create a sound that makes people move or feel a certain way, they have to be careful with which meter they choose.     Bruce: Right, just like you said, if a composer wants to write music for a marching band at a parade, they have the option to write the music in 2/4.    Bill: Exactly. And that's the word of the day!    TOGETHER: METER!  Thank you so much for listening. We hope you are enjoying the show so far. Please subscribe to the podcast to receive the latest episodes and leave a review through iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. Also get updates on what we are up to Facebook and Instagram by finding us at Music Podcast for Kids. Links will be found in the show notes. On to the show!   Bill: And now the continuation of our awesome hot air balloon trip to Ireland.    Bruce: Ok, Mr Henry I think I’m getting tired of the “which animal is that cloud” game.    Bill: Oh Ok, how about which music instrument is that cloud game? I bet we see some instruments from Ireland.    Bruce: Oh, well...ok...I guess. Lets see...oh that instrument looks like the….. tin whistle.!     Bill:  Tin whistle?    Bruce: Yeah the tin whistle is a type of flute, kinda like the recorder.     Bill: Ah the recorder, lots of kids learn to play the recorder in school.     Bruce: Sure do!  The tin whistle is sometimes called the penny whistle.    Bill: Ah gotcha. Yeah so the penny whistle must have been made out of pennies?    Bruce: No, not made out of pennies. It's called a penny whistle because back then, it only cost a penny to buy. It was considered more of a toy played by kids, but eventually became a big part of music form Ireland.     Bill: Cool!    Bruce: Yeah, the penny or tin whistle is made out of rolled tin sheet or brass. It has six holes in the front for your fingers to cover, which creates different notes when you blow into it.    Bill: Wait a second...I saw one of those penny whistles in my attic the other day and grabbed it and placed it…. Ahh here it is.    Bruce: What a second, you have a penny whistle in your bag?    Bill: Yup, I guess I do. Which is awesome, cause i’m itching to play it.    Bruce: Well let's hear it.    Bill: . Ok, here is the sound of the penny whistle.    Bruce: Pretty cool. The penny whistle was used in traditional music from Ireland which we also call Celtic Music.    Bill: Pretty cool. You know Mr. Fite, I’m getting kinda hungry. Best to stop before we start our ‘over the ocean’ part of the trip.   Bruce: Yeah, that sounds good….(to himself) still not really sure how we will make it over the entire ocean but...   Bill: Oh, look there is a burger stop! I’ll get us close.    Bruce: Well Ok Mr. Henry, just be careful.     Bill: Ok, just a little here, and a little there. And throw out the sand anchor…. (hurls and…) Hairy: (singing) dum da dum dum… Bruce: Mr. Hairy Legs look out!    Bill: Oh no...look out Mr. Hairyleeeeeeegs!  (hits Mr. Hairy legs)   Bruce: Mr. Hairy Legs are you ok?    Hairy: Oh Hey Mr. Henry and Mr Fite, yup I’m ok. No problem at all...   Bill: . Woah sorry Mr. Hairylegs. Ok Mr. Fite I will go pick up some food.   Bruce: Sounds great Mr. Henry. I’ll take the biggest burger they have!    Hairy: So, what y'all doing in a hot air balloon?    Bruce: Oh, you know, we are heading to...well...umm... Ireland.     Hairy: You're buying an island?    Bruce: (says loudly) No, no we are going to Ireland, to learn more about irish music.    Hairy: Oh Ireland, I’ve always wanted to go to Ireland.    Bruce: Yeah, did you know a popular drum used in Irish Music is the bodhran? (bow-run) (as in bow and arrow)    Hairy: Did you say to shoot a bow and then run?    Bruce: No, no the bow-ran is a type of drum. It’s a flat drum that you hold on its side with one hand while the other hand holds a stick with two beaters on both ends of the stick. You can make some sweet beats!     Hairy: Wow, that sounds like a hoot n annie good time.    Bill: Alrighty then, got some food and ready to roll.    Bruce: Ah great, I'm starving. Well we best get on our way Mr. Hairylegs.    Hairy: Have a great trip!    Bruce: Thanks!    Bill: Yeah thanks Mr. Hairy Legs, oh and sorry again for smacking ya with the sand anchor… whoops...yeah...   Bruce: So how many more days until we reach Ireland…   Bill: Well let me look at the hot air balloon app I downloaded...looks like… hmmm it says no map available for this long of a trip…?    Bruce: What? Oh boy...   Bill: Oh, I’m sure my signal is just weak is all..once we get back up there it’ll kick back in...no worries… here we go!!!    Just Chattin’   So Bruce we talked about Ireland today, and have you ever been to Ireland? No, I've never been. My wife's mother and grandmother went. They’re big horse people so they actually rode on horseback across all of Ireland basically. So they started in one town they get on a couple of horses , ride to the next town and get on a couple of different horses or maybe sometimes the same one, meet the locals and have a meal or so and then they would sleep there and then they’d ride to the next. It was pretty cool that they put in a lifetime chance. Yeah it's kind of like a hot air balloon. How about you, have you been there?  Actually I yes I've been to Ireland. Yeah and uh beautiful country. It was so cool yeah it was so it was so just was really beautiful like everywhere you looked like it was really beautiful. And so what we did is we did kind of a similar thing we traveled across the country we were doing like Castle hopping. Like a castle tour was really neat and yes oh we oh yeah we started and where do we start it started in I can't remember now we're where we started specifically. But we were on the east side and then I think we've made our way over to the West right yeah I didn't actually think it came back so but. So yeah it was it was a lot of fun and we got to we are driving and it was my wife and I we went and we decided that my wife would be the one to drive and cuz I think we felt like maybe I was better with navigation, but I think it was ultimately because I was a little scared. It was a little weird to get used to. But Annmarie she did such a great job with it. She she picked it up pretty quick there was a little would always be her fault unless I told her to go the wrong way. So yeah it was there was one little episode where maybe we are going down the wrong side of the road, but we quickly figured it out,  so I thought we were a good team getting through ahead and she said I think I'm getting used to this. So pretty neat and the car was Tiny right? Oh yeah so in the United States we are used to bigger cars and I tell you if you took one of our big cars over there you're not getting through. There were sometimes when it was a two-way street right but there's I don't know how they do it because wow we were really like even in a small car you were really close to likes like a Stonebridge yeah yeah so I guess you just take your turn but for some of them it was like not sure what we do here,  so that that was interesting. That was in more of like the country side of it. And I wasn't like that but yeah it was it was really cool a place. And then musically there was a lot of street musicians especially when we went to Galway and a lot of street musicians which was really cool. And one of the experiences we had we just went into a a restaurant and there was a band there but they weren’t like plugged in or anything. They just have their traditional acoustic instruments violins and acoustic guitars and they just kind of sat down in the middle as if they were just guests at the restaurant. Right and they had their instruments and they would just play. And it was it was like you were sitting at your table and eating your meal and you know the table next to was where all the musicians just Jammin away just like hanging out yet like not everybody's on the same same level kind of thing yeah yeah I thought that was really cool so it was yeah I was need to cuz you like really feel the instrument. Yeah yeah so yeah that was the experience musically in Ireland and then now so it was a fun trip. So if any of you ever have a chance to go definitely go it's cool to check out other cultures. And you know I mean it was it's a nice one for Americans to go over too cuz they speak English there so you don’t have to worry too much about that. Cool.  Time to wrap it up folks! Thank you so much for tuning in to the Music Podcast for Kids. We hope you enjoy the show, and most importantly, learned something cool today about music. Remember to send in your jokes or even a topic in music you would like us to discuss by visiting our website themusicpodcastforkids.com. If you are interested in awesome educational and fun songs for kids to listen and sing along with, please visit brucefite.com. Music is available to download with iTunes, CD Baby, and Facebook streaming platforms like Spotify and Amazon Radio. Links will be found in the show notes. If you are interested in learning how to play the piano with a fun and engaging curriculum geared toward kids, please subscribe to Mr. Henry's YouTube channel called Mr. Henry's Music World. Links would be found in the show notes. Please visit iTunes to leave a review of the podcast and also share the podcast with friends, relatives, aliens, whoever! Again we thank you so much for tuning in! 

What’s that thing that Mr. Henry is playing? A harmonica? A piano?! Nope. It’s a Melodica!!! Reeds and keys and tubes, oh my! Learn all about this cool, unique instrument in today’s Spotlight.    Check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to the Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano     THE MELODICA!   Joke of the Day:  How do you make a bandstand?  Take away the chairs.    Bill: (playing melodica)   Bruce: (from a distance) Mr. Henry...Mr. Henry? (to himself) What’s that sound? Sounds like a harmonica….. Oh hey, Mr. Henry...well that’s not a harmonica… what is that thing?    Bill: Hey Mr. Fite...it’s called a melodica!    Bruce: Melodica? It looks like a mini piano…    Bill: Yeah it’s true...it does use the keyboard or the black and white keys found on a piano...but in order to make the sound you also have to blow into this tube and press a key to make this sound (plays)    Bruce: Wow, that’s pretty cool. How does it get that harmonica sound?    Bill: Well, inside of the melodica are these small reeds. Reeds are often found on clarinets and other woodwind instruments...but we also use reeds in harmonicas and then of course…. the melodica.    Bruce: Hmmm the reeds...so they are very small wooden reeds inside?    Bill: Well yes, they are small but they are actually made out of metal. When you blow into the melodica and press down a key, the air flows over the reed which vibrates quickly to make a sound.      Bruce: Oh wow! These are pretty cool. It’s like the piano and harmonica teamed up to combined their powers to make “THE MELODICAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH”    Bill: Ok...Mr. Fite...yeah we get it…. But your right, Melodicas are small enough to where you can bring it anywhere. You can even walk around as you play it!    Bruce: I need to get one of these, but I bet they are expensive…    Bill: Actually, they are not that expensive. Now you could get one that is...but you can buy melodicas for less than 20 bucks.    Bruce: That’s not bad at all. About to order one right now… Who invented the melodica?    Bill: Well, a company from Germany named Hohner made the instrument. Hohner makes all types of instruments like harmonicas, accordions and in the 1950’s they came up with the melodica!     Bruce: Oh wow...so it's a fairly new instrument compared to the flute that has been around for over 40,000 years!    Bill: Yeah, definitely a newer instrument and super cool.     Bruce: So this tube goes into the melodica and you blow into it while playing.     Bill: Exactly, having the tube allows the keyboard to stay flat as you play it. You can play the keyboard of the melodica just like the piano.     Bruce: Cool...but what is this part still in the melodica case?    Bill: Well, that’s actually another type of mouthpiece. This mouthpiece looks more like the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone. You can take the tube out of the melodica and put the “horn” mouthpiece in instead.    Bruce: Gotcha...so when you play the melodica with the horn mouthpiece, would you hold the instrument differently?    Bill: Yes, you would hold it kinda like a trumpet. So the melodica would be on its side and you place your left hand on the back of the melodica while your right-hand pushes down the keys on the keyboard. Bring the hon mouthpiece up to your mouth and blow it into it while pressing the keys down.     Bruce: Cool, it kinda turns into a marching keyboard!     Bill: Exactly and super fun to play. Well, I better get going. I have a concert to play for tonight. And of course, using this here melodica for it.     Bruce: Nice, can I come along to check it out.    Bill: Well sure, actually I have another melodica here. You could jam along!    Bruce: Sweet! And that’s the...   TOGETHER: MELODICA!   App of the Month  Hey there Music Podcast for Kids listeners. The app of the month is a fun virtual instrument called percussive. Percussive is a super cool app that gives kids and adults the ability to play 5 different types of instruments including the marimba, xylophone, kalimba, vibraphone, and glockenspiel. Choose an instrument and even play with different mallets. The mallet is the stick that has a hard or soft end and is used to hit the bar on the instruments like the marimba, vibraphone, glockenspiel, and vibraphone. The different mallets give each instrument a unique sound which you can experiment with in this super sweet app. The kalimba is an instrument from Africa, which can also be called the mbira, that you pluck with the fingers. We actually discuss the kalimba in the Music of Africa episode! So, for one, take a listen to that episode to learn more about the kalimba, and while you're at it, check out the app called percussive for some fun instrument jam along time! We have no affiliation with Percussive, we just think it’s a pretty cool app that makes music fun. And that’s the app of the month: Percussive!    

Get movin’ and groovin’ with The Valentine Rap! Who’s YOUR valentine? Our valentine is... MUSIC! That’s what this energetic rap song written by Mr. Henry is all about. Have fun with body percussion and sing along with the catchy chorus. And...Happy Valentine’s Day!!   Listening Challenge Answers: Different Same Different Same Different   Check out the YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBOX0nQ4Khc   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music    Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano     Hey there Music Podcast for Kids listeners!  This is Mr. Henry, and we just wanted to sincerely thank you so much for tuning into the show,  listening to the show. And if you could do us a huge, huge favor, if you could leave a review, that would just be absolutely fantastic. With reviews we can get more people to listen to the show and spread the love of music. So, if you could just take a little bit of time to leave a review, that would be absolutely fantastic! So thank you so much again and we hope you have a great week!   (Theme Song): Let the music begin in 3, 2, 1... Learning music, having fun. That’s what we’re gonna do. Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite, exploring along with you. Learning music, having fun. That’s what we’re gonna do. Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite love hanging out with you. The Music Podcast for Kids!   Hello and welcome to The Music Podcast for Kids we're your hosts Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite - Music educators extraordinaire! The Music Podcast for Kids is a fun and educational podcast where we learn and explore the best subject ever -  music!  And now, the music joke of the day. We love jokes, so if you have a joke, please visit our website themusicpodcastforkids.com to submit your joke. And guess what? It doesn't even have to be a music joke; it can be any joke. We will read and enjoy your joke on the podcast and also let everyone know who it came from and where you are in this great big wonderful music world. Our joke of the day is... This joke comes from Lydia, a listener of the show. Why did the banana go to the doctor? Because it wasn't peeling well. Make sure to send in your jokes by visiting our website: themusicpodcastforkids.com. A link to the website can be found in the show notes. Thank you so much for listening. We hope you are enjoying the show so far. Please subscribe to the podcast to receive the latest episodes and leave a review through iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. Also get updates on what we are up to Facebook and Instagram by finding us at Music Podcast for Kids. Links will be found in the show notes. On to the show! Hey there music podcast for kids listeners! Valentine's Day is coming up and we thought it would be fun to include a sing-along with body percussion and rhythm play along to get you moving and grooving. So we present The Valentine Rap. If you would like to watch the video, please visit the show notes to access the link and jam along with some fun rhythms. We hope you enjoy!   The Valentine Rap   The Music Podcast for Kids! is brought to you by Mr. Henry's Music World YouTube channel. If you are interested in learning how to play the piano with a fun and engaging curriculum geared towards kids, please subscribe to Mr. Henry's YouTube channel called Mr. Henry's Music World. Links will be found in the show notes. Again, we thank you so much for tuning in. Time for the Super Duper Music Challenge! It's time to test your ears. Test your ears? I don't think you can really give your ears a test Mr. Henry; I mean how do your ears hold a pencil without bleeding? Oh, no, Mr. Fite. When I say test your ears,  I mean listening to something and trying to figure it out through hearing it. Ah, right, of course. Time to play the music podcast for kids super duper music listening challenge. Yeah I don't know, a little bit long of a title? Yeah, yeah then we need to work that one out. Yeah,  we will, we’ll work it out. OK onto the challenge. For today's challenge, we are going to listen to two rhythms. You have to figure out if the rhythms are the same or different. So let's try number one. For number one, I'm going to play A and then I'll play B, and then for number one we would decide if it's the same or different. Are you ready? Here is number 1A. Here is B. Are they the same or different? Number 2: Here is A. Here is B. Are they the same or different? Number 3: Here is letter A. Here is B. Are they the same or different? Here is the number 4. Letter A goes. Letter B goes. Are they the same or different? And the last one, number 5. Here is letter A. Here is B. Are they the same or different? Check your answers by going to the show notes. We hope you did a great job!  Awesome! Time to wrap it up folks! Thank you so much for tuning in to the Music Podcast for Kids. We hope you enjoy the show, and most importantly, learned something cool today about music. Remember to send in your jokes or even a topic in music you would like us to discuss by visiting our website themusicpodcastforkids.com. If you are interested in awesome educational and fun songs for kids to listen and sing along with, please visit brucefite.com. Music is available to download with iTunes, CD Baby, and Facebook streaming platforms like Spotify and Amazon Radio. Links will be found in the show notes. If you are interested in learning how to play the piano with a fun and engaging curriculum geared toward kids, please subscribe to Mr. Henry's YouTube channel called Mr. Henry's Music World. Links would be found in the show notes. Please visit iTunes to leave a review of the podcast and also share the podcast with friends, relatives, aliens, whoever! Again we thank you so much for tuning in! 

Mr. Fite and Mr. Henry talk all about the recorder! Where did it come from? Why is it called a recorder? Take a dive into the history and even learn some super sweet tips to help you play the recorder.   ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com    Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano  

Mr. Fite and Mr. Henry get to interview Tommy Emmanuel! Two-time Grammy-nominated fingerstyle guitarist, Tommy Emmanuel, is regarded as one of the best in the business. His inspirational words and love for music are contagious and we get that and more in this awesome interview. Tommy even plays for us on the show!   Visit his website here: https://tommyemmanuel.com/    ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com    Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano  

Mr. Fite and Mr. Henry take an adventure to Carnegie Hall in New York City to learn about the violin! Take the journey with them to learn some fun facts about this super sweet instrument.    ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  www.brucefite.com    Mr. Henry Are you looking for affordable piano lessons for your 6-10-year-old? Start the music journey with Mr. Henry by taking a sneak peek into the Premier Membership with the free mini-piano course! https://www.mrhenrysmusicworld.com/piano     Super-Duper Listening Challenge!  Which way did the violin perform?  Pizzicato Pizzicato Arco Arco