For groups of two (individual is OK). Compile documentation in PowerPoint.

1. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne6tB2KiZuk
2. Select a musical instrument to build. Students in 6th grade or higher should build a tunable instrument involving string, water, or air waves.
3. Sketch a design.
4. Obtain a Peer Review before you begin building your instrument.
5. Build your instrument. Tune it to at least one octave (plus one) in a pentonic major scale, such as C, D, E, G, A, C.
6. Document the process (sketch, photos, videos).
7. Submit a brief demonstration of your instrument.

Tuning

• Tuner: https://www.flutetunes.com/tuner/
• Calculating tube length: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMZmelSt2YM
• Pentatonic ratios: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/kqdoeigw5f

Chromatic Scale

Source: https://pages.mtu.edu/~suits/scales.html

Songs which use the pentatonic scale:

• Amazing Grace (Amazing_Grace.mscz)
• Old MacDonald Had a Farm (Old_McDonald_Had_A_Farm.mscz)
• Cotton Eyed Joe (Cotton_Eyed_Joe.mscz)
• Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Swing_Low_Sweet_Chariot.mscz)
• https://www.bethsnotesplus.com/2012/02/pentatonic-songs.html

Virtual Keyboard

• https://virtualpiano.net/
• https://musescore.org/en

Resources

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLvtvH9BZ04
• https://feltmagnet.com/crafts/Music-Instruments-for-Kids-to-Make
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mZ11pA1oKE