(Music playing)

An animated panda plays a recorder.

A title reads: Bamboo Loves Music. Created by Tero Hollo

A narrator says, HI BAMBOO LOVE. WHAT INSTRUMENT WOULD YOU LOVE TO TRY TODAY?

White text inside a brown heart reads: Bongo Drums

The narrator says, BONGO DRUMS

(Pans crashing)

Bamboo Love tosses pots and pans.

Bamboo Love says, WOO!

(Giggling)

Bamboo Love sits into front of overturned pots and picks up spoons. Bamboo Love taps on the pots.

The narrator says, NICE TAPPING MOVES, BAMBOO LOVE! WHAT IMAGINATIVE AND MUSICAL CREATIVITY YOU HAVE. WHERE DID YOU LEARN THESE MOVES?

(Giggling)

The narrator says, WOW. YOU PLAYED SO WELL.

Bamboo Love slowly taps on one pot.

The narrator says, AW, BUT NOW YOU'RE A BIT TIRED.

Bamboo Love says, MMHMM.

(Bongo drums playing)

Bamboo Love says, OH.

The narrator asks, OH! WHAT'S THAT SOUND YOU'RE HEARING?

Bamboo Love says, UH-UH.

Bamboo Love gets up and skips over to wear Rabbit is sitting on a red chair, playing two bongos.

The narrator says, YOU FOUND THE MYSTERIOUS BEATS, BAMBOO LOVE! WHAT DO THEY SOUND LIKE?

Bamboo Love says, BUMBUMBUM.

The narrator says, GOOD JOB, BAMBOO LOVE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THESE TWO SMALL ROUND INSTRUMENTS ARE CALLED?

Bamboo Love shrugs.

Bamboo Love says, UH-UH!

The narrator says, THEY ARE CALLED BONGO DRUMS AND ALWAYS COME IN PAIRS!

(Bamboo Love giggles)

The narrator asks, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BONGO DRUMS? BAMBOO LOVE?

Bamboo Love says, UH HUH!

Penguin walks over, carrying a blue tablet.

Penguin says, WHA! WHA!

A mallard duck perches on the chair.

Duck says, QUACK-QUACK! QUACK!

The narrator says, HELLO, PENGUIN! WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP TEACH BAMBOO LOVE ABOUT THE BONGO DRUMS?

Penguin says, WHA-WHA!

Penguin holds out the tablet. It has a pair of bongos on the screen.

(Music playing)

The narrator says, THE TWO BONGO DRUMS ON A SET HAVE THE SAME HEIGHT, BUT THEIR HEADS ARE DIFFERENT SIZES. ONE IS SLIGHTLY BIGGER THAN THE OTHER. DRUMMERS USUALLY SIT WHILE PLAYING THE BONGOS.

(Bongo drums playing)

The narrator continues, AND THEY USE THEIR THIGHS TO HOLD THE DRUMS. THANK YOU FOR THAT INTERESTING BONGO DRUMS LESSON, PENGUIN.

Penguin says, WHA-WHA!

The narrator asks, WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAY AND PLAY AS WELL? WHAT ABOUT YOU, BAMBOO LOVE? READY TO TRY THE BONGO DRUMS?

Bamboo Love picks up Rabbit’s bongos and taps one bongo.

(Drumming)

Duck says, QUAACK-QUAAACK!

The narrator says, WHEN PLAYING THE BONGO DRUMS, IT'S ALWAYS BEST TO BE SITTING ON THE FLOOR OR ON A CHAIR. WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE IT ANOTHER TRY?

Bamboo Love says, UH-HUH! OH!

Bamboo Love puts the drums on the ground and stands over them to play.

(Drumming)

Ducks says, QUAACK-QUAAACK!

Rabbit bounces another pair of bongos off of Bamboo Love, then catches and twirls them.

The narrator says, WHOA, NICE ENTRANCE, RABBIT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

Rabbit plays the drums.

The narrator says, BONGO DRUMS ARE ALWAYS BEST PLAYED WHEN SITTING. PENGUIN, COULD YOU SHOW BAMBOO LOVE HOW TO PROPERLY HOLD THE BONGO DRUMS?

Penguin says, WHA! WHA!

Penguin spins the drums around. Bamboo Love sits on the ground.

The narrator says, NOW YOU CAN PLAY THE BONGO DRUMS PROPERLY.

Penguin raises one wing.

The narrator says, THAT'S RIGHT, PENGUIN. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS USE YOUR LEFT HAND TO TAP THE SMALLEST DRUM AND YOUR RIGHT HAND TO TAP THE BIGGEST ONE.

Bamboo Love taps the drums, then claps.

The narrator says, YOU DID IT BAMBOO LOVE.

Rabbit and Bamboo Love play.

(Bongo drumming)

The narrator says, YOU'RE MAKING BEAUTIFUL BONGO DRUMBEATS WITH YOUR FRIENDS.

(Music playing)

The narrator says, TODAY WE LEARNED ABOUT BONGO DRUMS. BAMBOO LOVE LEARNED THAT BONGO DRUMS ARE SMALL DRUMS THAT COME IN PAIRS. AND... LOTS OF NOISE CAN TURN INTO FUN BONGO BEATS.

(Music playing)

End credits read: Produced in association with tvokids
Produced in collaboration with Radio-Canada
Produced in association with Knowledge: Kids
Produced in collaboration with Groupe Média TFO
Logos: Bamboo Love. Victory VFX. PopArts. VictoryArts.
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