Making Instruments

 

This morning we have been starting to make instruments.  We have been using different materials such as bottles, tubs, boxes and other everyday items.  We will be putting the finishing touches to them this afternoon and then we will hopefully be able to play them.

 

 

We had to design our instruments and collect all our equipment.

 

 

 

 

When we had completed our instruments we noticed many different things :-

–  they made lots of different noises.

 

–  they looked different.

 

–  we used different materials to make them.

 

– the thickness of the elastic bands changed the pitch of the sound – if it was thicker it was a lower sound and if it was thinner it was a higher sound.

 

– the size of the holes in the plastic bottles also changed the pitch of the sound – the bigger holes made a lower sound and the smaller holes made a higher sound.

 

–  we had to do different things to play each instrument – hitting, shaking, strumming and blowing.

 

– how hard you play also affects the pitch of the sound.