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♪ La la la la ♪
♪ la la la la ♪
♪ La la la la la la la la ♪
♪ Elmo's full of wonder ♪
♪ Wonder what he will discover ♪
♪ In Elmo's wonderful world ♪
(laughs)
- Hi!
Welcome to Elmo's World!
Guess what Elmo is wondering about today.
Wait for it.
(light music)
Instruments!
(instrumental music)
Boy, Elmo loves instruments
and wants to find out more about them.
Let's ask Elmo's friend, Smarty.
Let's call her together.
- [Children] Oh, Smarty!
(upbeat music)
Smarty.
What is Smarty doing?
- Just marching to my own beat.
You know why?
'Cause I'm so excited about musical instruments!
- Oh!
Well, that's perfect Smarty because Elmo
wants to learn all about instruments.
- Well, what do we do to learn something new?
- [Group] We look it up!
- Searching for instruments now.
Neat!
An instrument is anything you use to make music.
Some instruments you play with your hands, like piano
and some instruments you play with your hands
and your mouth, like a flute.
Sometimes you play musical instruments with a special tool.
You need a bow to play a cello.
There are different kinds of instruments
from all over the world.
Taiko drums from Japan, the didgeridoo from Australia
and if you practice a lot, you can learn
to make really cool music with instruments.
- Wow!
Cool!
Thanks for looking it up for Elmo, Smarty.
- I love leaving on a high note! Bye bye!
(upbeat music)
- Bye! Thank you Smarty!
Boy, hearing all those instruments gives Elmo an idea.
Let's play a game together! Yeah!
Come on! Come on!
(light music)
Elmo wonders if we can match the musical instruments
to the sounds they make.
Are you ready? Let's play!
Let's listen to the first instrument.
(piano music) Is this the right instrument?
- [Children] No, that's a drum.
- [Elmo] Hmm. Is that sound a piano?
- [Child] That's it. It's a piano.
You play the keys of a piano to make music.
- [Elmo] Let's play again.
(drum music)
Does this instrument make that sound?
- [Children] No.
- [Child] That's a trumpet.
- [Elmo] How about this?
- [Children] Yes.
- [Child] You play drums with drumsticks.
- [Elmo] Cool beat! Now, let's listen again.
(trumpet music)
Was that a trumpet? Let's find out.
- [Children] Yes.
- [Child] You blow into a trumpet. That makes music.
(children laugh)
- Boy, Elmo loves all the different sounds
that musical instruments can make.
Hey, that makes Elmo wonder even more.
Elmo wonders if Mr.Noodle knows how
to play a musical instrument.
Let's ask him, okay?
Hey, Mr. Noodle!
Hey Mr.Noodle!
- [Children] Mr. Noodle!
- [Elmo] Mr. Noodle, do you play an instrument?
(flute music)
You do? Really?
Oh! Can you show us how to play an instrument, please?
- [Children] Yeah! Play us a song!
- [Elmo] Oh boy! Wait a minute.
- [Children] No.
- [Child] That's not an instrument.
- [Elmo] No. Try again Mr. Noodle. Where's he going?
- [Child] Oh! He's doing it.
He's playing a musical instrument.
(upbeat music)
- That's a lot of instruments, Mr. Noodle.
You did it, Mr.Noodle!
Elmo thinks you must have practiced really hard.
Yeah! Great job, Mr. Noodle! Bye bye!
Boy, learning new things makes Elmo so happy!
It makes him want to dance! Come on!
♪ Happy happy dance dance ♪
♪ When we learn something new ♪
♪ We do the happy dance dance ♪
Let's see your happy dance!
Yeah! Cool! See you next time!
Keep learning! Elmo loves you!
♪ Happy happy dance dance ♪
♪ When we learn something new ♪
♪ We do the happy dance dance ♪
- Yeah!
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