Creature Feature
A Musical Menagerie
Can notes really leap, creep, and dash? They do in Creature Feature, a unique introduction to the nuts and bolts of music for children. Cheetah, gorilla, frolicking frogs and other creature teachers demonstrate some of music's special effects— dynamics, tempo, articulation, register and melodic motion— and introduce the symbols of standard musical notation.
- 32 pages of full color illustrations.
- Notated melodies to familiarize children with standard musical notation and symbols.
- Narration and 11 original pieces of music are found in the Audio Flipbook.
About Creature Feature
Creature Feature began as a guided composition project to introduce 3rd grade students to music notation and the relationship between sound and symbol. With simple expressive tools, along with a little imagination, the children's notes came to life as leaping frogs, creeping slugs, and fluttering hummingbirds.
