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Wednesday 7 August 2013

What a day today has been. Between the sound of saws, bellowing baloons and the thrum of drums, we managed to kind-of write and reherse a new song for our performance.


I'd love to hear what you thougth of making today's instruments in your comments below.
Blue oboe
Rubber glove bagpipe
Trumbone
Diddley Bow




Sarah's trumbone


Carter and a piece of his trumbone - future horn player.

Luke and trumpet.

Victor's metal chimes. Yet to make the frame.


Jared and Xam with oboes.


Marcel's morris dancing stick


Harry and horn.

Nidhi and her oboe.

Nadia's oboe.

Arjun on drums.

Siana's oboe.

Yashv and Dannel, drums.


Fin's beats.

Sam Jnr, Milan and Sam with their (soon to be) electric Didley Bow guitar.

Kimberly and Zoe-Jade blow oboe.

Paloma and Ava's drums.


Georgia's trumbone - minus it's horn.




Leave your comments below.




Arts Attack - Junk Music Song

Junk Song
based on Black Horse & a Cherry Tree (KT Tnustall)


Junk Song
(Based on Black Horse & a Cherry Tree (KT Tnustall)



Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo

Well my eyes looked down and they saw some things
I said "Hey baby hey, gunna make them sing!"
Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo


I saw that stuff sitting on the ground
Heaps of junk lying all around.
Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo

I kicked a can that was full of dents
I thought, that can be my instrument
Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo

CHORUS

And I said
Oh, oh, oh oh oh oh
I said
Oh, oh, we're gonna make you sing!

And I said
Oh, oh, oh oh oh oh
I said
Oh, oh, we're gonna make you sing!



I pick up a bottle and I pick up a pipe
And put them together – oh so tight.
Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo

I grabbed my hammer and I grabbed some nails,
My teacher said, "You cannot fail."
Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo


Gonna make some music, gunna make it LOUD,
Gonna make my myself Oh so PROUD
Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo

Gonna move a little here, gunna shake a little there
Gonna blow and rattle - EVERYwhere.
Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo


CHORUS
And I said
Oh, oh, oh oh oh oh
I said
Oh, oh, we're gonna make you sing!

And I said
Oh, oh, oh oh oh oh
I said
Oh, oh, we're gonna make you sing!


Tuesday 6 August 2013

Arts Attack - Drum Roll

Not bad for a first effort.

We all managed to make a drum. Victor and Nadia sawed up aluminium pipe into different lengths to make a celestial chime. They will make a frame for it in the next day or two. Meanwhile, Carter has shown he has a remarkable ability to blow a trumpet. The 20mm electrical conduit piping was a perfect match for his size and showed his wonderful embouchure (lip shape for blowing).

Harry and Marcel will make fine Morris dancers one day. Good work with the bottle tops guys.

Tomorrow we add the guitar. Let's see if a wilder rhythm starts happening.

What was the best part of the day for you?


Arts Attack - Everything is Rhythm

When you walk, work, play, where is the rythm in you?



Everything is Rhythm


Arts Attack - Some really interesting instruments

Ever heard of a diddley bow? What about the instrument of pipe? Or the glockenspeil made of old tools?

What do you think?



The Diddley Bow (Watch the first 90 seconds only - unless you love the blues!)




PVC Pipe Instruments




Tool Glockenspeil




How to make a Diddley Bow


Arts Attack - Talk about junk!

What do you think of this load of old rubbish? Do you have anything like this that we could use?


Talk about junk!


Arts Attack - Take a look at these Cool Kids' Instruments


Interested in making this cool stuff? I am. Bring your junk along and let's see what we can create and play.



What do you have at home that we could turn into fine music?

Arts Attack - Junk Orchestra - Day One

Our home-made junk orchestra is happening right here.

Each day we will post updates on our musical adventure. Keep looking to see how we're doing.

Take a look at these videos will give us some ideas for different to make our musical instruments.


Please comment with your ideas of what would be a good instrument to make.