Purpose: Explore how to manipulate materials and sounds through everyday trash, junk, simple tools, and fabrication methods to create a new one-of-a-kind musical instrument.

Description: Students will create a sound device by utilizing household items and recycled materials.

Start by exploring the following:

• Resonance (Experimenting with the size and shape of your instrument)
• Input (Activating your instrument - blow, hit, strum, tap)
• Output (Manipulation of sound by changing pitch and volume)

The Challenge:

Students should be able to perform a well-known composition or an original composition with their fabricated instrument. Get creative!

Deliverables: 

Post to your remote learning portfolio: 

• Instrument name
• List of materials used
• 1-2 precedent images
• Process images
• 1 Sketch
• 2 Final prototype images (try to use a solid background)
• 1 Final instrument demo video 

Optional Next Steps:

Make yourself a one-man-band! Us an app like "acapella" to record over yourself playing your instrument for a fuller performance.