Liberty's Principles Pals Band
'Run Free' is a joyful banjo-driven anthem about property rights and free trade.
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What does it mean that 'what you build with your own two hands belongs to you'?
Why is trading better than trying to make everything yourself?
The song says 'you don't build a wall around your stuff, you build a road.' What does that mean?
What could you grow or make that someone else might want to trade for?
Music Discovery
The banjo's bright, plucky sound -- a stringed instrument with a round body like a drum
The fiddle playing fast melody lines between the verses
The upright bass keeping the low end steady
Close your eyes and point at where each instrument is coming from.
Make instrument sounds with your body: slap thigh for bass, snap for banjo, whistle for fiddle.
Banjo
A stringed instrument with a round body -- the sound of American folk music
Fiddle
The same as a violin, but when you play folk or bluegrass, it's called a fiddle
Upright Bass
The biggest stringed instrument -- so big you stand up to play it
Acoustic
An instrument that makes sound naturally, without electricity
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