Tuesday 17 October 2017

Musical Madness!

Today we went out to the field and created our own reed instruments. To do this, we held a single blade of grass tightly between our thumbs, placed our thumbs to our lips and blew. When we did this, the blade of grass vibrated, causing a note! We even realised that you can change the pitch of the note by changing the position of your lips and air pressure over the blade of grass. We also found that it was easier to create a note with a wider blade of grass.
 It took us a while to grasp the concept. but some of us are getting better with practice! Perhaps we could create an orchestra with our home-made reed instruments!?











13 comments:

  1. Cool, If you had a beer bottle and put some water in it and make more of them and the blow them they make different sounds.
    From Tylah, go on my blog I had awesome posts.
    Link : http://tylahratahi.blogspot.co.nz/

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  2. Hi everyone! My name is Braeden, I'm a year 6 Student at Ohaeawai primary.
    I never knew that you could make a musical instrument out of grass! Can't wait to try it. Next time can you please make a video?
    Please come check out my blog at http://osbraedenl.blogspot.co.nz/
    Bye for now!

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  3. Hi there, My name is Sara from Ohaeawai Primary School. It's weird what you can do with a single piece of grass. I think you should have done a video of it so we can hear what it sounds like. From Sara
    Go to my blog at: ossarag.blogspot.co.nz

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  4. Hello Room 10 My name is Mia I am 10 Years old from Ohaeawai primary School. I really love how you guys have described what you did and how it ended. Next time I think you should make a video on what you step by step show us what happened. Thanks Blog ya later.......Mia

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  5. Hi! My name is Hollie I am from Ohaeawai Primary School and I'm a year six student. Wow that sounds like fun to do maybe I should try it sometime. Next time can you please make a video. please check out Ohaeawi Primary School blogs.
    Bye for now!

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  6. Kia ora Room 10,
    I was very interested to read about your reed instruments. When I go home from work I am going to give this a go! Will it work with any blade of grass? What a good idea to create an orchestra! Like other commenters have said, I would love to hear a video clip of your reed instruments in action.
    Tania

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    1. Hi My name is Zaeeda from room 10 and I am glad you liked this post. I am also happy that you are going to try this at home. You asked if it would work with any blade of grass. It would work but it is easier to use a thick blade. Thanks for commenting on our blog.

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    2. Thanks Zaeeda, I did try but didn't have much luck, SO I will try again with a thicker blade and see if I have more success.

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  7. Kia Ora Pt England School my name is Maya from Mamaku 1 at Grey Main School.I really like how you are creative and made your own instruments. Who had the idea to do this? It looked really fun.I have a question for you ? What was the best instrument you made? see you later

    By Maya

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  8. Hello Room 10 Pt England school! I am William M from Grey Main School your post caught my eye because it was science! You taught me some thing new. Did you know some weeds are hollow? Next time maybe try and find hollow weeds and try do some thing with them. I know they grow in wet dirt. Good bye and have a good day

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  9. Hello Room 10 pt England school! My name is Luke i'm from Owairaka School. That is really cool how you can make a note from it. You should try blowing harder and softer. My blog, https://odslukea.blogspot.co.nz/

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  10. Hi, I am Kieran and I tried doing what you explained in the blog. I got a piece of skinny grass and tried it but it didn't work. So I was wondering if it needs a thin or fat piece of grass. By Kieran.

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  11. Kir ora i im kalani from Greymain School in M1 i like your Work and i like how your Class made instruments and created them i think you should tell us how you did it and how long it took to make it from Kalani.

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