Make Instruments at Home

Musical instruments come in all shapes and sizes and are made of lots of different materials around the world. Metal cans, wooden sticks, nutshells, bottle caps, anything you can think of!

Kalimba

It's easy to make your own simple instruments at home. I made these drums and shakers out of old containers and some decorative duct tape, as well as a piece of construction paper that one of the children colored and some contact paper.

A drum!

I added a tiny bit of rice to this one to make a shaker.

A Shaker!

A drum!

July 13th - August 10th, 2013

Music we listened to in our class:

July 13: From Dan Zanes and Friends Little Nut Tree "John Kanakanaka"
             from Cuban Dance: Feet on Fire "La Litzeta"

July 20: "Jammin'" from Bob Marley, B is For Bob
            "Jig jog gee" from Father Goose It's a Bam Bam Diddly!

July 27: "I wan'na be like you (the monkey song) Louis Prima, Jungle Book Movie Soundtrack
             "Shake a Tail Feather" Taj Mahal on A Child's Celebration of Dance Music

August 3: "Dil Lay Gayee" from Bhangra, Original Punjabi Pop

August 10: "Lundu" from the Chieftans Voice of Ages

June 1st - June 29th, 2013

Music we listened to in our classes:

June 1: "Mubube" from Putumayo Presents:African Playground
            "Zip-a-dee-doo-da" from Maria Muldaur, Swingin' in the Rain

June 7: "Dil Lay Gayee" from Bhangra, Original Pujabi Pop 

June 15: "The Freeze" from Greg and Steve's Kids in Motion
              "Clair de Lune" Claude Debussy

June 22: "Paxolina" from Yo-yo Ma and Friends, Songs of Joy and Peace

June 29: "Trampolin" from Putumayo Presesnts: European Playground
              "You-you-zha" from Chinese Lullabies Bejing Angelic Choir
               

April 13th - May 11th, 2013

Here is what we listened to in our classes:

April 13th: Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 2 K.417, 3rd Movement
            "Battu" from Putumayo's African Playground
            "Polly Woll Doodle" From Dan Zane's Rocket-Ship Beach

April 20th: "Rete (Live Version)" Kassav from Putumayo Presents French Caribbean
                 "Dil Lay Gayee" Jasbir Jassi on Bhangra Original Punjabi Pop

April 27th: "Let's Make Some Noise" Raffi Everything Grows
                  "4 Etoiles" Adama Coly, from Putumayo Presents Afro-Latino
                  "Aquarium" from Saint-Saens Le Carnival Des Animaux (Carnival of the Animals)

May 4th:
May 11th:

February 23 -- March 23, 2013

Here is the music we listened to:

Feb. 23rd: "Battu" from Putamayo's African Playground
                 "Polly Wolly Doodle" from Dan Zane's Rocket-ship Beach

March 2nd: "Old McDonald Had a Farm" Black Lodge Singers
                   "Dil Lay Gayee" Jasbir Jassi on Bhangra Original Punjabi Pop

March 9th: "4 Etoiles" Adama Coly, from Putumayo Presents Afro-Latino
                  "Aquarium" from Saint-Saens Le Carnival Des Animaux (Carnival of the Animals)

March 16th: "Let's Make Some Noise" from Raffi's Everything Grows
                    "Live from  Matt Malloy's Pub" The Chieftans Water from the Well

March 23rd: "Rete (Live Version)" Kassav from Putumayo Presents French Caribbean

Jan. 12 -- Feb. 9, 2013

Here's the music we listened to in our class:

Jan. 12: "John Kanakanaka" From Dan Zanes and Friends Little Nut Tree
              "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah" from Maria Maldauer's Swingin' in the Rain

Jan. 19: "Jig Jog Gee" from Father Goose's It's a Bam Bam Diddley!
              "Dil Lay Gayee" sung by Jaider Kumar from Bhangra, Original Punjabi Pop

Jan. 26: "Battu" by Angelique Kidjo from Putamayo's African Playground
             "The Freeze" by Greg and Steve Kids in Motion

Feb 3: "Let's Make Some Noise" Raffi's Everything Grows
           "Under the Sea" from Disney's Little Mermaid soundtrack
           "You-you-zha" from Chinese Lullabies by the Beijing Angelic Choir

Feb 9: "Jammin'" from Bob Marley's B is for Bob
            "Rainbow Connection" from Gather Round: songs for kids and other folks

November 3rd -- December 15th

Here's what we listened to:

Nov. 3rd: "John Kanakanaka" Dan Zanes and Friends Little Nut Tree
"Zip-dee-doo-dah" Maria Muldaur Swingin' in the Rain

Nov. 10th: "Jig Jog Gee" Father Goose It's a Bam Bam Diddly
"Dil Lay Gayee" Bhangra: Original Punjabi Pop

Nov. 17th: "Merrily We Roll Along" on the Smithsonian Folkways Children's Music Collection
"The Freeze" from Kids in Motion by Greg and Steve

Dec. 1st: "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies" from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker
"Let's Make Some Noise" & "Haru Ga Kita" from Raffi's Everything Grows

Dec. 8th: "Kuai Le,"A Christmas Jig/Mouth of the Tobique Reel," "Panxolina: a Galician Carol" from Yo-Yo Ma & Friends Songs of Joy and Peace

Dec. 15th: "Jammin'" Bob Marley and Friends,
Khelipe E Cheasea from Golden Horns, Boban and Marko Markovich