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Make Your Own Tune!

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Can You Hear the Shape?

Can You Hear the Shape?

Imagine you are drawing a line in the air while you hum your favourite song. Does the line go up, swooping high? Does it dip down low? Does it stay flat for a while? That invisible line is the shape of a melody. Every tune you have ever heard was made by someone choosing which notes to put together — and today, you are going to do exactly that.

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