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Auditory melodies or rhythmic tunes played or produced.

Vibrations generate all musical sounds, and various actions like striking, blowing, plucking, swinging, shaking, or scraping are employed to produce these sounds. Unique features distinguish individual instruments.

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Sounds are produced through vibrations in all musical instruments. These vibrations are initiated...
Sounds are produced through vibrations in all musical instruments. These vibrations are initiated by actions like striking, blowing, plucking, swinging, shaking, or scraping the instruments. Each instrument possesses unique characteristics and features that contribute to the distinct sounds they produce.

DIY Home-made Musical Adventures

Auditory melodies or rhythmic tunes played or produced.

Ever wondered how different instruments make various sounds? It's all about creating vibrations! From hitting, blowing, plucking, to shaking and scraping, we produce sounds through various actions on our musical instruments. Here's how to make some noise at home with simple, homemade musical instruments!

Home-made Harmony

Mix up your physical world lessons with some fun and exploration! This activity is great for kids competent with levels 1 and 2 of the New Zealand Curriculum or the Exploration - Mana Aotūroa strand in Te Whāriki.

Key Science Concepts:

  1. Understanding how instruments produce sound
  2. Examining the parts of musical instruments that vibrate
  3. Witnessing vibrations and sound through simple, homemade instruments
  4. Learn about musical combinations that make pleasing music

What You'll Need:

  1. Flexible, plastic rulers
  2. A variety of musical instruments for students to use (shakers, stringed instruments, drums)
  3. DIY instrument-making materials (combs, jar lids, rubber bands, tins, bottles) [1]

Get Creative!

Download the Word file [2] to unlock more hands-on fun with DIY musical instruments for your little music maestros.

Curated Content:

Looking for more ways to teach and learn about sound and music with a lower primary focus? Check out the following resources:

  1. Building Science Concepts: Exploring Sound provides fundamental scientific principles needed to understand sound creation and perception [1].
  2. Sounds of Aotearoa is a PLD session that demonstrates entertaining ways to learn and teach about sound [3].
  3. Find more DIY musical instrument ideas on Instructables.com and Wikihow.com [4].

Don't forget to visit Make a bottle organ for a classic craft project with a twist [5]!

Tips and Tricks:

  1. Use recycled materials to make a variety of DIY musical instruments.
  2. Encourage students to sort instruments by material, sound type, or experiment with changing materials and tension.
  3. Combine different sounds in rhythm games or songs to make music together.

Embrace the vibrations and turn your classroom into a symphony of learning!

[1] New Zealand Ministry of Education[2] Download word file[3] Recorded PLD session[4] Instructables.com and Wikihow.com[5] TKI, School Journal 3 (2); 1985

  1. By creating homemade musical instruments and examining their parts, we can better understand the key science concepts behind how instruments produce sound, which is a crucial aspect of both education-and-self-development and entertainment.
  2. As we delve into the realm of DIY home-made musical adventures, we find that these activities not only promote learning about science and music but also inspire creativity and can enrich our understanding of learning in general.

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