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Backyard Beats

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How it feels

A children's series where host Monica Brighton learns about music from professional musicians. She then builds her own version of an instrument using household items and jams with the musician.

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What happens

Backyard Beats is a Canadian children's television series, which premiered on TVOntario in 2020. Hosted by Monica Brighton, the series profiles do it yourself approaches to making music, through a format which sees a professional musician visit to teach her about a musical genre or instrument, following which she makes her own version of the instrument with everyday household objects before the professional musician returns for a jam session on a song. The series received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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