Handmade+Instruments


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Every sixth grade student will design and make a musical instrument.**

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 * 1) Get ideas for your instrument**


 * 2) Gather recycled materials.**

4) Name your instrument**.
 * 3) Make and decorate your instrument at home.** ** //TAKE A PHOTO OF EACH STEP // 


 * 4) Play your instrument.** Can you improve the sound? Can you make a resonator so it is louder?


 * 7)** On our class blog, write a paragraph about how you made the instrument and how it produces sound. Be sure to use these words: pitch, volume, resonance, tone quality. Insert your photos into your blog post.


 * 8) Demonstrate your instrument** to your class and explain how it was made and how it produces sound.