{"id":1362,"date":"2026-05-12T19:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary42526\/?p=1362"},"modified":"2026-05-12T19:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:04:09","slug":"music-that-tells-a-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary42526\/2026\/05\/12\/music-that-tells-a-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Music that tells a story&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have started a unit of work where we are learning about the connection between literacy and music and how music can help tell a story.<\/p>\n<p>We have listened to a folk ballad, a traditional song from Shetland and two classical pieces, all of which tell very different stories.<\/p>\n<p>The latest piece we listening to was &#8216;In The Hall Of The Mountain King&#8217; by the Norwegian composer, Edvard Grieg. After hearing a summary of the story, we listened to the piece played by an orchestra and then on our whiteboards we drew a picture to show what the music made us think of.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some photos of the class hard at work creating their drawings and also some of the final pictures they produced and shared with their classmates.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1363\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary42526\/uploads\/sites\/3631\/2026\/05\/12190158\/Mountain-King-drawing-1-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary42526\/uploads\/sites\/3631\/2026\/05\/12190158\/Mountain-King-drawing-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary42526\/uploads\/sites\/3631\/2026\/05\/12190158\/Mountain-King-drawing-1.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1364\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary42526\/uploads\/sites\/3631\/2026\/05\/12190201\/Mountain-King-drawing-2-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary42526\/uploads\/sites\/3631\/2026\/05\/12190201\/Mountain-King-drawing-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary42526\/uploads\/sites\/3631\/2026\/05\/12190201\/Mountain-King-drawing-2.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1369\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary42526\/uploads\/sites\/3631\/2026\/05\/12190211\/Mountain-King-drawing-7-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary42526\/uploads\/sites\/3631\/2026\/05\/12190211\/Mountain-King-drawing-7-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary42526\/uploads\/sites\/3631\/2026\/05\/12190211\/Mountain-King-drawing-7.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1368\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary42526\/uploads\/sites\/3631\/2026\/05\/12190209\/Mountain-King-drawing-6-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary42526\/uploads\/sites\/3631\/2026\/05\/12190209\/Mountain-King-drawing-6-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary42526\/uploads\/sites\/3631\/2026\/05\/12190209\/Mountain-King-drawing-6.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1367\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary42526\/uploads\/sites\/3631\/2026\/05\/12190207\/Mountain-King-drawing-5-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary42526\/uploads\/sites\/3631\/2026\/05\/12190207\/Mountain-King-drawing-5-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary42526\/uploads\/sites\/3631\/2026\/05\/12190207\/Mountain-King-drawing-5.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1366\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary42526\/uploads\/sites\/3631\/2026\/05\/12190205\/Mountain-King-drawing-4-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary42526\/uploads\/sites\/3631\/2026\/05\/12190205\/Mountain-King-drawing-4-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary42526\/uploads\/sites\/3631\/2026\/05\/12190205\/Mountain-King-drawing-4.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1365\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary42526\/uploads\/sites\/3631\/2026\/05\/12190203\/Mountain-King-drawing-3-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary42526\/uploads\/sites\/3631\/2026\/05\/12190203\/Mountain-King-drawing-3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary42526\/uploads\/sites\/3631\/2026\/05\/12190203\/Mountain-King-drawing-3.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have started a unit of work where we are learning about the connection between literacy and music and how music can help tell a story. We have listened to a folk ballad, a traditional song from Shetland and two classical pieces, all of which tell very different stories. The latest piece we listening to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary42526\/2026\/05\/12\/music-that-tells-a-story\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Music that tells a story&#8230;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":576,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary42526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary42526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary42526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary42526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/576"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary42526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1362"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary42526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1371,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary42526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362\/revisions\/1371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary42526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary42526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary42526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}