The Halls are Alive with the Sound of Music Setting: Lanier Middle is planning a battle of the bands.

Students will compete with instruments they have constructed on their own. Purpose: Students will apply what they have learned about the properties of sound and acoustics to build a musical instrument that can play at least six notes as close to pitch as possible. The students will form a band with the people in their group and audition by playing a song of their choice- one created or one already known. Suggested Materials: You can make anything you want however! make sure your instrument is something uni"ue. The more creative

Musical Instrument Project Information: !" of grade

#. $. %. *. -. .. /. 2. You must build your own instrument. Your instrument should be a string! percussion! or wind instrument. &ach group must have at least # of each type of instrument 'and only # drum like ob(ect). Your instrument cannot be made from +,Y parts of another instrument. You must play a scale of six notes on your instrument as close to pitch as possible. You must play a song with your band for auditioning. Must be able to hear it with the other instruments and0or doesn1t drown out the other instruments. Safet# must $e followed% +sk for adult help on anything that could be construed as a safety concern.

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Paragraph (ne ) Introduction &rite an introduction to #our musical instrument and $lueprint* Include the following: The name of your instrument 3ow you got the idea for making it. The instrument family to which it belongs 'string! percussion! woodwind! brass). 4ther interesting details about your instrument! for example! describe what it looks like and what it sounds like. 5se these words6 pitch! volume! resonance! acoustics! and tone "uality. ,ame of your band and why you chose it. Paragraph Two+ Materials and Procedure 7rite about the materials you used for your instrument. &xplain where you found the materials. 8escribe the materials you used to make your instrument. 7rite about how you made your instrument. &xplain how your parents or other adults helped you. 8escribe the parts of the instrument that you made yourself. 7rite about problems that you had in making the instrument and how you solved them. Paragraph Three ) Pla#ing ,our Instrument &xplain how you play your instrument. &xplain how you can change the volume or pitch of the instrument. 9f you can play your instrument more than one way! describe it and tell about how the sound changes. &xplain how you can tune your instrument. &xplain the sound waves travel in your instrument. :e detailed; Paragraph -our ) .onclusion 7rite about your reaction to this pro(ect. 7rite about the things you liked about making a musical instrument. 7rite about what you learned while you were making your own instrument. 9f you had to change something on your instrument! what would you change and why<