Tuesday, May 7, 2013

STUDENT PROJECT: HOW TO MAKE AN INSTRUMENT PERIOD 1 SPRING 2013

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How To Make a Homemade Instrument
By Andrew and Matthew Period 1


How to Make a Homemade Drum
Step #1 
Collect the following items:
*cylinder container (empty)

*masking tape or electrical tape

*construction paper

*glue and pencils

*tissue paper


Step #2 
Criss cross tape on top of the container (cover completely).

Step #3 
Cut construction paper so that it will fit around the container 
snugly and then tape it in places.

Step #4 
Decorate your drum any way you want.

Step #5 
Crumple tissue paper on the end of a pencil for a drum stick.



Step #6 
Enjoy your homemade drum.


This is a percussion instrument because you have to hit it to make a sound. 
If it is done right it should make a soft sound.

All drums don't sound alike.

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How to Make a Balloon Drum
Percussion Instrument
by Kyle Period 1



Step 1. Get scissors  
      
Step 2. Get a balloon

Step 3. Get a coffee can

Step 4. Cut the tip off of the balloon

   

                 

Step 6. Put the balloon on the can

 

               

Step 7. Grab 2 pencils

                   





Now you are done making your balloon drum ^_^




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MAKING A MARACA
By Cathy and Paula

Stuff We Need!
Water Bottle
Beans
Glitter
Markers

Directions:
1) Get a water bottle
2) Put beans in it
3)  SHAKE!



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ANAYA and MADISON PERIOD 1


Ingredients: 

cylindrical container (oatmeal, popcorn tin, raisin jar, aluminum can)

electrical or masking tape

construction paper

pencils

tissue paper

Directions:
Step 1: Get a cylindrical container (make sure that it is empty) like an oatmeal container, popcorn tin, raisin jar, or an aluminum can and take off the lid.
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Step 2: Place many strips of electrical tape or even masking tape
over the top of the container until it is completely covered.


Step 3: Measure. 
Cut construction paper so it fits around the container snugly. 
Tape it in place. 

Step 4: Decorate your drum if wished. 
Cut out various shapes from other colors of construction paper. 
Glue them onto the side of your drum. 
You may draw on them if you want to

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Step 5: Try making drumsticks for a better sound. 

Crumple up a bunch of tissue paper on the end of a pencil. 

Starting at the pencil, spiral some masking or 

electrical tape to the top of the tissue ball. 

Repeat this method on another pencil. 

Step 6: Try playing on the drum. 
Now it is time to have some fun with your drum! 
You can beat it in time to your favorite music. 

Step 7: Also ask your parents if they have old pans, tins, etc 
so you can use them as well like tom toms.

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VANESSA PERIOD 1
INGREDIENTS:

*CRAYONS,COLOR PENCILS,PAINT
*4 STICKS
*2 BEADS
*BOX
*CUPS
*SCISSORS
*GLUE OR STRING
(If you are using string you need a hole puncher)
*PLASTIC CONTAINER

STEPS:
1.Gather all the ingredients
2. Get the box
3.Get the sticks
4. Put the beads on the sticks
5. Grab the glue
6. Put the glue where you are going to place everything
7.Place the cups on the side of the box
8.Grab the other two sticks
9.Grab the two plastic containers
10. Poke a hole through the containers by using the
stick or some other sharp object
11. After that happens you put the sticks on the back
of the box and glue them

12. Put the plastic container on the sticks you 
just glued on
13. Wait for the glue to dry

14. ENJOY!
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By Memo, Samuel, and Lyric
HOME MADE PROJECT
First we are going to tell you about our instrument.

This is our instrument it is called the tambourine.                       

      
In order to make our instrument we will need:

strong paper bowls

jingle bells

some tape clear or duct tape 
...and you get a homemade tambourine

How to Make a Tambourine
Get the materials out 
Get 2 paper plates and put them together
Use the duct tape or clear to tape them together
Get the jingle bells and put like a hook or something
Rock and roll and have fun

HERE ARE SOME OF OUR LINKS
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Caroline and Melody Period 1
What You Need
Scissors and utility knife, markers, ruler, rubber bands, glue, tap (transparent, duct, masking, or colored), gift wrap or decorative paper,
kraft paper, kid-size shoe box, paper-towel tube, cardboard tube from a
dry-cleaner hanger, cut into two 4-inch pieces, 6 brads, bread-bag tag
1. Remove the bread. Cover the box, lid, and paper-towel tube with the paper of your choice. Lay the tube on a table, positioning one end against the short side of the box and centering it along the bottom edge. Trace a circle around the tube. Draw 4 lines bisecting that circle (as if cutting a pie), then, with a utility knife, cut along the lines and through the box. Slide the tube through the bisected hole until it hits the other end of the box and secure it with tape.

2. Cut an oval in the center of the lid, then put it on the box.

3. Stretch 6 rubber bands lengthwise around the box.

4. Slide the 2 dry-cleaner–tube pieces (decorated with tape or paper, if desired) under the rubber bands above and below the oval. Glue to secure. This will allow the “strings” to twang. (Cut chopsticks wood.)

5. Screw the brads into the top of the cardboard-tube neck for the tuning pegs.

6. Pick away with the bread-bag tag picks

The instrument we are making is a box guitar.We predict that it will sound loud. We can strum it, tap on it like a drum, and tune it. Even though it is made out of recycled stuff we can make an instrument like our box guitar.

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Raquel Rivera & Sabrina Lopez

Period 1 
Ingredients:
Funnel.Garden hose, or tube of some kind.
Directions:
STEP 1: GET A TUBE OF SOME KIND AND A FUNNEL.
STEP 2: CUT TUBE IF NOT SHORT ENOUGH.
STEP 3: PUT THE TUBE IN THE FUNNEL’S OPENING.
STEP 4: TAPE THE FUNNEL AND TUBE TOGETHER.

STEP 5: BLOW.

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JEFF PERIOD 1
The Water Bottle Shaker



What you need:



1. bottle (big or small) 

2. paints (optional)

3. dirt or rice
4. tape


Directions:
First you may decorate your bottle to make it look nice. 

(This may take a while depending on how big your bottle is.) 


Second, start filling your bottle with dirt or rice. 


Finally, screw cap on the bottle and seal the bottle with tape.


About shakers:
Shakers are instruments that require for you to shake them to make sound.

There are a family of them such as rain sticks and maracas. 
You can also use shaker instruments in plays. 
An example of this is using the rain stick to make rain sounds 
and the thunder stick for large storm sounds.




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BY
FRANK
AND
JUSTIN

Period 1




HOW TO MAKE A
BALLOON-MARACA
DRUM

SUPPLIES
Balloons
Empty soup can OR coffee can
Scissors
Rubber bands
AND BEANS!


Step 1.  Cut off the end of the balloon

Step 2. After lid is off of can put beans in it and


stretcballoon over then can

Step 3. Put a rubber band on the balloon drum to secure balloon

Then you have a balloon drum.

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Joshua Period 1
Rain Stick
Ingredients:
1. wrapping paper tube
2. nails
3. 2 caps (that fit on wrapping tube)
4. seeds, sand

Directions:

First take the wraping paper tube and put one cap on one of the 
sides of it for more strength.

Then get nails and follow the spiral on the roll and stick a nail a inch a part in a spiral form.

Next get seeds or sand and pore it in the tube
put the other cap on the other side of the rain stick 

and you have a....
Rain Stick.

     

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