(sound swooshes) - I'm Jake.

(sound swooshes) - I'm Esther.

- [Jake] I play music in a polka band.

- [Esther] I'm a soul and R&B singer and songwriter.

- [Jake] We love music so much.

- And we wanna share that with you.

Hey, hey!

- [Jake and Esther] This is "In Tune."

(playful music) (comb plinking) (ball and hammer tapping) (door clattering) - Vibration.

(title swooshing) (note chiming) (rousing orchestral music) (tone beeping) (static crackling) - If you have an instrument, and you can play a few notes, then you can create music.

- But there is definitely something to be said about the types of music that you can produce when you work together with others.

- [Jake] Whether it's in a garage band, an orchestra, a choir, or even a polka band, musicians and their musical instruments can work together to create music that they might not have been able to perform on their own.

- There's nothing like performing on stage with a band or creating music with others.

That energy that's created moment to moment stays with you long after you leave the stage.

- Oh yeah, I was in my first band when I was 14, and since then, I've always just loved making music with my friends, but I'm not the only one.

Let's check it out.

(sound swooshes) - Hello, my name is Jack, and I play the trumpet.

I like playing in an ensemble because as a only-child homeschool student, you know, you just wanna work with other people, and it's very satisfying to play with other people.

- Hi, I'm Alex, and I play the trumpet.

I like being in band because band lets you collaborate with others, and it lets you make cool pieces of music that mesh with other instruments.

Think of like a movie.

If you've ever heard a track in a movie or a song in a movie, there's a band behind that, and there's an orchestra behind that.

And all those instruments mesh together to make some of the songs that you know and you may love.

- I play in my school's marching band, and it's just so much fun, like, just learning all of the songs and learning all the movements.

It's so much fun.

I don't know, I just love it.

- I like playing inside the ensemble because it is fun.

You make a lot of friends while you're there.

The band teachers are always nice.

Like my marching band teacher helped me do my homework and everything.

You know, he didn't really have to.

So it really is really fun being inside the band.

(sound swooshes) - Playing music with others in a group like this makes me feel like happy 'cause it's others who share the same work ethic and wanna, like, work hard and play harder music.

- Hi, I'm Cassidy, and I'm an eighth grader that plays the clarinet.

I think it gives you a sense of accomplishment, and it gives you like a group to like be part of like a family almost, and it's overall just like really enjoyable and fun.

(upbeat orchestral music) - [Esther] You're listening to and meeting some of our friends from the Snowbelt Musical Arts Association's Blizzard Youth Winds.

They're a group of young musicians who practice together weekly, learn music, and perform concerts for their community.

There are so many different kinds of bands that you can be a part of.

(rousing orchestral music) (baby vocalizes) (audience applauds) - This pizza has a lot of different ingredients and toppings that would taste differently by themselves than they would in this pizza.

Here, take flour, for example.

There's flour in pizza dough, but you'd never wanna eat it by itself.

(Jake groans) - Uh, Jake's gonna take care of In the meantime, we're gonna break down the ingredients of a song with The Chardon Polka band.

- I made a terrible mistake.

- [Child] This is Jake's band.

They're playing at a big festival.

- [Jake] But instead of hearing everyone together, we want you to hear how it would sound if all the instruments were playing their parts separately.

- [Child] First, let's hear the guitar play all by itself.

(slow upbeat guitar music) Next, let's hear the drum.

(energetic percussion music) Here's Mitch's saxophone all by itself.

(cheerful saxophone music) He sure is having fun, but I bet it will sound different when we hear the rest of our friends.

(slow tuba music) Brian's tuba plays the song's bass part.

(slow tuba music continues) All these parts are unique to hear on their own, but when you put them together, you can get a song that you recognize.

- [Jake] And now let's hear everyone together and see if you recognize this tune.

♪ Go for the moon ♪ ♪ Hey now, you're an all-star ♪ ♪ Get your game on, go play ♪ ♪ And hey now, you're a rockstar ♪ Get the shown on, get paid ♪ ♪ And all that glitters is gold ♪ Only shootin' stars break the mold ♪ (audience cheering) Whoo!

- Wasn't it cool to watch all those pieces and parts come together to make a whole song?

- Yep, just like the ingredients in a pizza, they work a whole lot better when they're together.

- Yeah, you can't just eat the flour by itself.

- That is correct.

You cannot do that.

No matter what kind of band or ensemble it is, making music with others is an incredible experience.

- Let's keep that vibe going, Jake.

- That's right.

Vibration creates sound, (guitar strumming) and you can use that sound to make wonderful music.

- [Esther] And whether you're making music by yourself, or you're making music with a group, music is totally cool.

- Thanks for watching "In Tune."

- Now go make some music.

(upbeat guitar music) ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ In-Tune ♪ ♪ In-Tune ♪ ♪ In-Tune ♪ ♪ In-Tune ♪ ♪ In-Tune ♪ ♪ In-Tune ♪ - You know, I hope my guitar is in tune.

♪ In-Tune ♪ ♪ Biddly-bop, boop-bop, ♪ ♪ Boodly-bop ♪ ♪ Bop, bow, bop-ba-ba-da-bow ♪ ♪ Ra-pa-bada-boop, bop, bop ♪ ♪ Baba-doop, ba-ba, ba-da-bow-da ♪ Ba-body in tune ♪ ♪ In-Tune ♪ ♪ In-Tune, In-Tune ♪ ♪ In-Tune ♪ (static crackling) - That was so good.

(Esther laughs) (playful music) (playful music continues)