KEYWORDS

“Hey! What’s That Sound” is an interactive discovery of sound and science through world percussion performance and demonstration. Students will learn how sound is produced, how it gets transmitted and then received. With various instrument timbres and environmental resources, Dave will demonstrate three characteristics of a sound wave; wavelength, frequency, and amplitude. Through live performance the students will witness how these various sounds come together to create what the brain receives as music. Other key vocabulary would include resonance, pitch, vibration, timbre, membranophone, idiophone, chordophone, aereophone and found sound.

Georgia Performance Standards:

• S1P1.c&d – Students will investigate light and sound:
• c. Investigate how vibrations produce sound.
• d. Differentiate between various sounds in terms of (pitch) high or low and (volume) loud or soft.
• S4P2a&b – Students will demonstrate how sound is produced by vibrating objects and how sound can be varied by changing the rate of vibration.
• a. Investigate how sound is produced.
• b. Recognize the conditions that cause pitch to vary.
• M1GM.6a&b – Listening to, analyzing, and describing music:
• a. Distinguish between contrasts (pitch, dynamics, tempo, timbre) in various pieces of music.
• b. Describe music using appropriate vocabulary (e.g., high, low, loud, quiet, fast, and slow).
• M4GM.8 – Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
  

Dave Holland

Dave Holland is a highly charged educator, versatile performer, and founder of Beatin' Path Rhythm Events.

He began his professional career over 25 years ago as a drummer/percussionist with the U.S. Navy, traveling throughout Europe and the Far East. He later pursued a degree in theatre and broadcast journalism and worked in the broadcast news industry for several years. Today, he shares his passion for world rhythm & culture with with young audiences through high energy performances and drum circles.

Dave has traveled to West Africa, Brazil & Cuba, always bringing back new instruments, rhythms & songs to weave into his rhythm based programs. Dave has been a presenter at the International Orff-Schulwerk Conference, the Georgia Music Educators Conference and the Percussive Arts Society's International Convention.

Dave is author of DRUMAGINATION ™, A Rhythmic Guide Book for Music Teachers, Music Therapists and Drum Circle Facilitators, and the creator of the "Interactive Rhythm Making" line of instruments. His family cd, DRUMMIN' SONGS & JAM ALONGS was released in 2010.