The Rainbow Fish music

On Friday we composed some music to go with the story we were reading all week, The Rainbow Fish. First we explored the different instruments to hear what sounds they made and how we could play them. Then we thought about which instruments we could play at different parts of the story. After that we practised the instrument we would be playing. Finally we played our instruments as Mrs Batson read the story. Can you hear the instruments we played?

We used rainsticks to make the sound of the sea and the triangles to show the beautiful rainbow fish. We used shakers to make the sound of the other fish darting around the ocean. When the rainbow fish gets cross, Olivia played her instrument very quickly to show his annoyance. Then, when he is feeling lonely, Aaron and Fallon played their instruments slowly to show how sad he was feeling. We used drums and tambours to represent the octopus, who has a deep voice, and Matthew used a scraper to show how happy the rainbow fish felt when he had friends to play with.