Fine. I guess I'll just be a one woman band forever.

Jim likes to play the drum.

And I am not a musician. It seemed like a good idea at the time.

The musician beat his drums loudly.

We do it for fun, or as Olympians, or as professionals.

He was a philosopher.

Bob and Mary play the recorder.

It's kind of fun, actually.

So a couple of things I've created are, there's a poster over here that you can play drums on.

But I never wanted to play.

He is playing music.

You and Frank.

And these guys at the exploratorium are playing house plants as if they were drums.

ladies and gentlemen.

Performing

Do you play?

Monetary system Piano

I get the first solo.

Tom played the oboe and Mary accompanied him on the piano.

Do you play a musical instrument?

We call ourselves the Sleepy Man Banjo Boys.

In it's upper reaches it chokes.

He wrote this.

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And so why don't we go and click the video.

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I can hardly bark out instructions while we're playing.

Have a listen.

If you'll pardon the expression.

The music will start, and then at a signal from me, you will sing that.

Can I do that one again?

I become alive.

It's removed some of my paralysis.

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And then speak a little bit about how it comes about.

Riccardo Muti, please.

Let's look at the next conductor, Richard Strauss.

Carlos Kleiber, his name. Next video, please.

(Music) Again you see the beautiful body language.

He's conducting Mozart.

The whole orchestra is playing.

Now something else.

Rather enjoying what the soloist is doing.

Another solo now. See what you can pick up from this.

Lenny Bernstein always started from the meaning. Look at this, please.