Niki Gourley
3rd hour
1. The 1st instrument I made was the xylophone with 5 different sized metal bars. I had a hard time making this instrument and when I finished I realized the sound that it made was not what I was looking for. So, that being said, we made a second xylophone, this time it was a water xylophone. We got 6 glass bottles and put 6 different measurements of water in each oh them. We hit it with metal spoons and the sound was great. The songs we chose were really cool. Jingle bells, the song you assigned, went really well. The third song, Rain Rain Go Away, was really cute, and Rudolph was very difficult. We practiced 2 times a week and finally got it down!
2. I think Mr. Tillay assigned a long-term project (10 weeks) to test all the students. I think he wanted us to use all 10 weeks to practice and to see who really did. I think he could tell in our presentation who actually practiced through the months and who practiced just once. I think Mr. Tillay wanted us to have enough time to also make instruments and to make multiple instruments because there are always technical difficulties. Thank goodness he gave us 10 weeks because my partner and I DID, indeed, face technical difficulties with our instruments.
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