[ music ] >> ♪ Listening is giving ♪ Listening is giving ♪ To listen is to give ♪ Listening is giving ♪ Listening is giving ♪ To listen is to give ♪ And when you listen with your eyes ♪ You see ♪ When you listen with your ears ♪ You hear ♪ When you listen with your body ♪ You strum ♪ When you listen ♪ With your heart ♪ You love ♪ Oh, listening is giving ♪ Listening is giving ♪ To listen is to give ♪ Hi, friends.

How do you feel today?

I feel grateful to be together again in the barn studio.

And I have sounds to share with you.

This is an acoustic guitar.

And this guitar is very special to me, for my mama gave me this guitar when I was just a kiddo.

Guitars have big bodies made of wood.

[ hollow knock ] And long necks.

And all the way from the top of guitar's head down to the bridge... stretch six strings.

And each string on guitar has a unique and beautiful sound, just like you have a unique and beautiful sound.

[ notes play ] Now let's listen with our eyes to watch the string move.

[ note plays ] When the string move back and forth like that it's called vibration.

The string is vibrating.

And it's that movement that causes the sound that you hear and feel.

[ notes play ] Oh, did you hear that sound?

[ notes play ] Hi, Wishing Well, how do you feel today?

[ notes play ] You feel curious.

What about?

[ notes play ] Hmm.

Wishing Well would like to know, can everyone hear sound?

No, Wishing Well, some friends' ears don't hear sound.

However, they can feel sound with their bodies.

They can feel it vibrate or move.

[ notes play ] Another great question.

Can we see the sound move from one place to another?

No, we can't.

Sound is invisible, sort of like the wind, and it moves very, very fast.

When I pluck the string on the guitar... [ note plays ] ...it moves fast to my ears and to your ears and bounces off the walls and the ceiling and the floor and -- [ notes play ] Yes, Wishing Well, it even bounces off of you.

Sometimes I like to imagine that I can just catch the sound, right out of the air.

Let's play catch the sound together.

I'll make a big, big sound on the guitar.

And then we can try to catch it.

I'm going to use my hands to catch the sound.

What will you use today?

Okay.

Here we go.

One, two, three.

[ note plays ] Did you catch it?

Is it in there?

So quiet.

We can make the sound louder by moving it back and forth or vibrating it.

We could go... And louder... And louder... And louder... And we could throw it back to the guitar.

We could go one, two, three!

[ note plays ] Very nice.

We can't see all this sound flying around the room, but we know it's there because we can hear it with our ears and feel it with our bodies.

All right, we could read our wish for today.

It's from Raphael.

Do you remember when we helped Raphael find Gertie?

"Dear Mister Chris and Friends, I wish I could whistle.

I've been trying so hard, but I just can't do it.

I really want to make music with my friends.

Can you please help?

Merci, Raphael."

Hmm.

Friends, have you ever made a wish like this one?

Is there something that you're trying hard to do, but you just can't?

I understand.

There are many things that I've been trying hard to do, but I haven't yet.

But I do keep trying.

Wishing Well, could we make a wish today?

[ note plays ] Okay.

We can wish to help Raphael learn how to whistle.

And we can sing, ♪ Mi, mi, mi, mi, mi ♪ Well, well, Wishing Well ♪ Here we are, together again.

♪ Well, well, Wishing Well ♪ Let's take the time to wish, my friends.

♪ ♪ We wish, we wish, we wish, we wish, we wish ♪ ♪ We wish, we wish, we wish, we wish ♪ What's this, Wishing Well?

Is this a clue?

[ notes play ] It is a clue!

It's an invitation to a Celebration of Sound at the Musical Garden.

Wow, thank you, Wishing Well.

[ notes play ] A Musical Garden seems like the perfect place to go with Raphael to help him make his wish come true.

I'll take this invitation to him and we can meet you at the Musical Garden.

See you soon, Wishing Well?

[ note plays ] Okay, let's go.

[ music ] [ music ] Oh, I hear music.

[ whistling attempts ] [ blowing air ] That was a good try, Raphael.

>> Not good enough.

>> I understand you're frustrated.

Some things can take a lot of practice, many tries, before we can do them.

Why don't we look at our clue from Wishing Well?

"You are invited to a Celebration of Sound at the Musical Garden."

Raphael, why don't you hold onto this?

And here we are at the entrance to the Musical Garden.

To be a part of the Celebration of Sound, I guess we're going to have to walk in.

What do you think?

Should we walk in?

>> I'm nervous, Mister Chris.

>> Well, what are you nervous about?

>> What if we explore the Musical Garden and I'm still unable to whistle at the end?

>> Well, that could be.

But if we never try, we'll never know what we can do.

>> I guess you're right.

Let's try.

>> I think you're very brave, Raphael.

Would you like me to go in first?

>> Yes.

>> Okay.

[ music ] [ music ] Hmm, this is an interesting place.

>> That's one of the sounds we heard at the entrance.

>> I think you're right.

Let's go check it out.

>> Whoa, what's this?

>> Oh, you surprised us!

>> The Musical Garden is full of surprises.

In time, you may surprise yourself.

Oh, and by the way, my name's Dan.

>> I'm Chris.

This is Raphael.

>> Hi.

>> You look like you're on a mission.

Is there something you've been wishing?

>> I want to be able to whistle.

[ blows air ] >> Hmm.

You wish to learn to whistle, and you are so close.

An open mind and patience are what you need the most.

[ notes play ] Okay, for your first stop in this musical place, I present to you the upright bass.

With a very large body and four long strings, the sound of the bass is deep and low.

You can hear it and feel it as it goes.

And it goes, [ notes play ] Would you like to try?

>> Oui, s'il vous plaît.

Oh, but I can't really reach so high and play the strings.

>> Could I play with you, Raphael?

>> Sure.

>> Okay, I'll press the strings down up here on the neck, and you could pluck the strings down there.

>> Okay.

>> Okay, let's try.

[ notes play ] >> That was fun.

I see the strings vibrating.

>> That's right, they are vibrating, just like guitar strings vibrate.

>> Vibration is the foundation of sound.

>> Want to try again?

>> Sure.

>> Okay.

[ notes play ] >> That was fun.

I'm glad to play music with a friend.

But the upright bass doesn't whistle, and neither can I. I think we should keep exploring.

>> Well, if you still want to explore, just follow your ears to the sound of a horn.

And there you'll find Claudia and much, much more.

>> Wow, that sounds like an adventure.

Thank you, Dan.

And thanks for letting us play the upright bass.

>> Any time, we'll see you around, friends.

>> Okay.

>> Bye.

[ horn playing ] >> Hi, there.

I wondered if this horn sound might bring your around.

>> You must be Claudia.

>> Yes.

>> I'm Chris.

This is Raphael.

>> Hi.

>> What instrument are you playing, Claudia?

>> This is a trombone.

See, it has a sliding tone, and to make a sound, you buzz, like this.

[ buzzes ] Can you buzz with your lips?

[ all buzzing ] Yes, that's it!

See, to make a buzz, the air moves from your lungs, through your lips, takes a few twists, and it sounds like this.

[ sliding trombone note ] >> Well done.

>> That looks fun.

>> Would you like to try?

>> Yes, oui, s'il vous plaît.

[ sliding trombone note ] >> Great job!

With a little practice, you could master this!

>> Now that I can make a sound on the trombone, I wonder if I can whistle.

[ blows air ] No.

>> What's wrong, my friend?

>> I really wish I could whistle.

Playing the trombone is kind of like whistling.

You have to blow air through your lips, but it's a buzz, [ buzzes ], not a [ blows air], whistle.

>> Huh.

Well, perhaps a walk through the musical maze will help you find a musical way to make your wish come true.

>> A maze?

>> Yes, it's that way.

>> Okay.

Mister Chris, will you come with me?

>> Yes, please.

Thank you, Claudia.

>> You're so welcome.

See you later!

Bye!

>> Bye!

>> Bye!

[ trombone plays ] Well, here we are at another entrance, Raphael.

What do you think?

Should we go in?

>> Yes, Mister Chris.

I think we should go in.

Even if the musical maze doesn't make my wish come true, I still had a really fun day meeting new friends and playing new instruments.

>> Me too, Raphael.

And who knows?

Maybe Claudia's right.

Maybe if you go into the musical maze, you will find a way to make your wish come true.

>> Do you really think so?

>> Only one way to find out.

>> Mister Chris, do you mind if I walk in first?

>> Of course.

I'll follow you.

[ music ] >> Dan, Claudia, what are you guys doing here?

>> We're here for you.

We really appreciate your dedication, Raphael.

>> And we have a little gift that just might lift your spirit and your sound.

>> Will I finally be able to whistle now?

Whoa!

What's this?

>> I know this instrument.

This is a slide whistle.

>> If it's called a slide whistle, it must whistle.

How does it work?

>> See, so you blow into the mouthpiece here, and then you move the slide up and down to change the notes.

>> I can do that.

That's how I played the trombone.

Okay, I'll try.

[ slide whistle notes ] >> Beautiful!

>> Using a tool for something your body can't do is called an adaptation.

Perhaps in time, you'll learn how, but with this tool, you can whistle now.

>> All right, Raphael, let's hear those notes again.

[ slide whistle notes ] >> Could we play altogether?

>> Sure.

>> All right.

>> Okay.

We could go, one, two, a-three, four.

[ music ] [ laughter ] Oh, that was wonderful.

>> Thank you, everybody, for all your help, and for your gift.

>> Well, you know, you could return the favor by joining us at the big, big concert to play.

What do you say?

>> I would love to.

>> All right, well, we'll go get ready.

>> Okay, great.

And I think we have just enough time to check in with some kiddos.

See you soon.

>> All right.

>> Hi, Truman.

>> Can you say hi?

>> I'm Chris.

I'm very happy to see you.

Have you ever had to practice something over and over again?

>> Yeah, some-- I've practiced to do cartwheeling over and over again, but I can't do it.

>> But are you going to keep trying?

>> Yeah.

>> Yeah?

Thank you, Truman.

I want "Twinkle, Twinkle".

You'd like to hear "Twinkle, Twinkle"?

Okay, we could sing that together, too.

We can make stars with our hands, if you'd like too.

>> Do this.

>> We could sing.

♪ Mi, mi, mi, mi, mi >> ♪ Mi, mi, mi.

>> ♪ Twinkle, twinkle, little star ♪ How I wonder what you are ♪ Aw, thank you, Truman.

What sounds do you like to listen to?

>> I like to listen to train sounds, like "chugga chugga chugga choo-choo."

>> Drums.

>> Yeah?

[ drum sounds ] Now let's go really fast.

Are you ready?

Go.

[ fast drum sounds ] Are you excited for the big, big concert today?

>> Yes, I am!

>> What do you think we'll see there?

>> I don't know.

>> What do you think we'll hear there?

>>[whispers] Music.

>> Music!

>> You think we'll hear music?

>> Uh-huh.

>> That makes me feel very excited.

Want to do a high five?

Thank you, Henry.

>> You're welcome.

>> See you soon.

>> Bye.

>> Bye.

[ music ] [ background conversations ] With my whole heart, I want to welcome you all to the Celebration of Sound here at the Musical Garden.

Let's start the big, big concert.

[ applause ] [ music ] ♪ I can hear your sound ♪ I can feel your sound ♪ Listen to the sounds ♪ That you make ♪ I can hear your sound ♪ I can feel your sound ♪ Listen to the sounds ♪ That you make ♪ It's beautiful music ♪ Beautiful music ♪ Beautiful music ♪ Whoa, oh, oh ♪ Wonderful music ♪ Wonderful music ♪ Wonderful music ♪ Whoa, oh, oh ♪ I can hear your sound ♪ I can feel your sound ♪ I can hear your sound ♪ I can feel your sound ♪ It's beautiful music ♪ Beautiful music ♪ Beautiful music ♪Whoa, oh, oh ♪ Wonderful music ♪ Wonderful music ♪Wonderful music ♪ Whoa, oh, oh ♪ I can hear your sound [ scatting ] ♪ I can feel your sound ♪ I can hear your sound [ slide whistle ] ♪ I can feel your sound ♪ It's beautiful music ♪ Beautiful music ♪ Beautiful music ♪ Whoa, oh, oh ♪ Wonderful music ♪ Wonderful music ♪ Wonderful music ♪ Whoa, oh, oh ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa, oh, oh ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa, oh, oh ♪ [ applause ] [ music ] Hi, Wishing Well.

[ notes play ] He did.

Raphael learned to whistle.

Though it wasn't quite as he thought it would be.

Raphael used an adaptation, a slide whistle, to make a sound that his body couldn't on its own.

Do you use an adaptation, friends, to do something that your body can't do on its own?

I'm grateful to see and hear all of the things you do just the way you do them.

Thank you for your help Wishing Well.

[ notes play ] Okay, we can put your clue-- [ gasps ] Your clue!

Wishing Well, we gave away the invitation.

We don't have anything to put in your bucket.

[ notes play ] We do have our sound, that's true.

Could we sing into your bucket?

[ note plays ] Okay, that's what we'll do.

We can sing a big thank you into Wishing Well's bucket.

♪ Mi, mi, mi, mi, mi ♪ Thank you.

♪ We wished, we wished ♪ We wished, we wished ♪ We wished ♪ We wished and made our wish come true ♪ What's this, Wishing Well?

[ notes play ] A memory.

It's a little slide whistle.

Thank you, Wishing Well.

[ notes play ] And we'll see you next time?

[ note plays ] Deal.

We'll hang our memory right by the door so that every time we walk in, we'll see it, and we can remember our time together.

And it won't be long until we see each other again.

♪ Well, I love singing goodbye ♪ Let me tell you why ♪ For every time we sing goodbye ♪ It means it won't be long ♪ Until we sing hello again ♪ So until then, friends ♪ Goodbye ♪ See you later ♪ Goodbye ♪ Farewell ♪ Goodbye ♪ Au revoir ♪ Goodbye ♪ Buh-bye ♪ And may we always cherish what we've had ♪ ♪ And then next time, we'll play again.

♪ See you next time, friends.

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