Liberty's Principles Pals Band
Sam is not the loudest in the room. 'It's My Turn' is a quiet-to-triumphant anthem about the idea that everyone gets to be heard.
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Have you ever felt like the quietest person in the room?
Why is it important that everyone gets a turn to speak?
What does Nanny Dolores mean when she says 'every neighborhood gets to figure out what works for them'?
How can you make sure quieter voices get heard?
Music Discovery
How the song starts with just one instrument and adds more as it goes
The moment in the bridge where almost everything drops out except one voice
How many different sounds you can count in the final chorus compared to the first verse
Start humming alone. Have a friend join with a different note. Add another. That thickening sound is texture.
Listen to the song twice: once for just the drums, once for just the voice. Each layer tells its own story.
Texture
How thick or thin the music sounds -- one instrument is thin, a full band is thick
Layer
One sound added on top of another -- like building a sandwich
Arrangement
Choosing which instruments play when -- the recipe for a song
Solo
When one instrument or voice plays alone while everything else is quiet