# Sahana Makes Music

- Source: StoryWeaver (storyweaver.org.in), CC BY, Pratham Books, StoryWeaver, CC BY 4.0
- Reading level: Grades 1 and 2
- Subjects: Stories, Music
- Topics: sahana, taps, ting, glasses, music, sounds
- Length: 165 words, about 1 min
- By: Ravi Mundoli
- Original: <https://storyweaver.org.in/en/stories/51278-sahana-makes-music>
- Page: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/r/storyweaver/sahana-makes-music>
- Open in Sprouts: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/?read=storyweaver/sahana-makes-music>

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Sahana is trying to read.

Why is the park so noisy?

![Children are playing in a park](https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/media/storyweaver-sahana-makes-music-dfbd98b63d.jpg)

DRR**RRRRRRR** · **THUD** · **Dhum Dhum** · **RATATATATT**

Sahana is bored. Why is her home so silent?

![Girl thumping the table and the chair with her hands to produce sounds](https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/media/storyweaver-sahana-makes-music-a9a6ddb94a.jpg)

**THUMP** · **TOK** · **TOK** · **TOK** · **THUMP**

Sahana likes sounds. She likes music.

She starts hitting everything with her fists.

![Girl hitting various things at her house to produce sounds](https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/media/storyweaver-sahana-makes-music-0d0eae583b.jpg)

**CLANG** · **CHIIINNNGGG** · **B**AN**G**

![Girl hits her hand with a spoon](https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/media/storyweaver-sahana-makes-music-9e7aeedfd4.jpg)

**OWW** · **PLOONG** · **TANG** · **PLING** · **TING**

She hits her hand with the spoon.

![Girl hits three water-filled glasses](https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/media/storyweaver-sahana-makes-music-7e002f0862.jpg)

**PING** · **TING** · **PING** · **TING**

Sahana taps on the glasses one by one. So many sounds.

TING

Sahana taps lightly.

**TOOONNNNNNGGGG**

Sahana strikes the glasses hard.

Sahana slides her spoon all the way across the row of glasses.

She taps on the glass with lots of water. It goes **pht pht pht pht**.

She taps on the glass with not much water. It goes **krrrinn krinnn krinnn krinnnnnng**!

“I am making music!” says Sahana.

![Girl, a mouse and a tiger](https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/media/storyweaver-sahana-makes-music-1839472da4.jpg)

**LOW** · **HIGH**

Sounds are invisible waves in the air that reach your ears. The bigger or louder the sound, the higher the wave. The smaller the sound, the lower the wave.

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## Picture credits

- Noorain   Ahmed, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/22109-girl-resting-on-the-floor-surrounded-with-kitchen-items>)
- Noorain   Ahmed, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/22110-glasses-slippers-and-a-book>)
- Noorain   Ahmed, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/22220-children-are-playing-in-a-park>)
- Noorain   Ahmed, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/22112-girl-sitting-in-the-kitchen-bored>)
- Noorain   Ahmed, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/22113-girl-thumping-the-table-and-the-chair-with-her-hands-to-produce-sounds>)
- Noorain   Ahmed, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/22114-girl-hitting-various-things-at-her-house-to-produce-sounds>)
- Noorain   Ahmed, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/22222-girl-hits-her-hand-with-a-spoon>)
- Noorain   Ahmed, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/22143-girl-hits-three-water-filled-glasses>)
- Noorain   Ahmed, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/22144-girl-taps-a-water-filled-glass>)
- Noorain   Ahmed, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/22145-girl-strikes-a-water-filled-glass>)
- Noorain   Ahmed, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/22146-glasses>)
- Noorain   Ahmed, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/22147-girl-playing-with-glasses>)
- Noorain   Ahmed, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/22148-girl-a-mouse-and-a-tiger>)