Junk Music

Last week, we created musical instruments out of junk. My group used static noise on a radio as our instrument and then changed the pitch by moving the source of interference from the speaker. This changed allowed for a variance in tones, something different than other groups. Most other groups just had different forms of percussion instruments.

The second day was a little more organized with a broader range of instruments. Many groups used bottles filled with different amounts of water as their instruments. This was an easy way to get a variety of tones from junk. All of our efforts are still small in comparison with Bart Hopkin’s instruments. He is able to create amazing music out of garbage and he is able to make it sound good.

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