Today you are going to build your own Xylophone!! What is a Xylophone you ask…?
Here is a video of a xylophone playing Baby Shark!
Materials:
- 4-6 glass jars or glasses the same size
- water
- food colouring (optional)
- spoon (wooden or metal)
Instructions:
- set up your jars/glasses in a line on a table
- fill each glass with water–adding more to each glass as you go down the line
- add drops of different food colouring to each glass and stir (optional)
- using your spoon–and your creative thinking skills, create some music by gently tapping on each glass
I wonder what you noticed about the sounds from the jars?
How is the sound different in a jar with a little water compared to one with a lot of water?
Hmmm…I wonder what other instruments you could create???
I hope you have fun exploring music–you can even record the song you created…I know a music teacher who would LOVE to hear it!!! And me too, of course!
Here’s a story about music you might enjoy: To Be A Drum
You can also look in Bookflix for more books about music…or Epic! (Epic! also has a video for how to make a Kazoo–so many fun ideas…)