| Music is the essence of life and I think
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| | different amount of water whereby one
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| that no one is untouched with this
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| | bottle should be almost filled to the top
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| beautiful gift given to mankind. Even
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| | and the other one with very little water.
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| children also love to play music and
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| | The other bottles should vary somewhere
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| enjoy it when they get a chance to do so.
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| | in between the two. You can use as many
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| For this, you require various expensive
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| | or less bottles as you like. A knife or
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| musical instruments but what if you make
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| | spoon would wok well as a mallet. Hit the
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| your own music instruments at your home
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| | side of the bottle or glass gently as
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| with little efforts? It is a fun and
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| | each one shall make a different sound.
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| inexpensive idea to make Gongs,
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| | You can even experiment with different
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| xylophones, hummers and triangles for
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| | levels of water to decide which note
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| children to play.
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| | pitch you would like most. If you have a
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| 1. To make a Gong you need an old pie
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| | piano or other musical instrument that
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| tin or a lid of a large metal popcorn
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| | shall make various pitches then you can
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| tin, a metal table knife or spoon for a
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| | tune your bottles or glasses to the
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| mallet, a hammer and nail, a string. You
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| | instrument.
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| have to pound two nail holes on the edge
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| | 3. Making a hummer is also very easy
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| of the pie tin or on the side of the
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| | where you need to have an empty cardboard
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| popcorn lid two or three inches apart.
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| | toilet paper or paper towel tube, a
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| Thread the string through the holes and
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| | rubber band and a wax paper. Cut a round
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| tie a knot. The string should be about 1
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| | piece of wax paper that is larger than
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| ½ to 2 feet long enough so that you can
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| | the ends of the tube. Cover one end with
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| easily hold it without touching the pan
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| | the wax paper and hold in place with the
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| or tin. Hit the pan with the spoon or
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| | rubber band and make sounds into the
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| knife and you have a loud sound. To
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| | opposite end of the tube.
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| soften the sound, you need to wrap the
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| | 4. You can also make a triangle with the
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| knife or spoon with a piece of cloth and
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| | help of a horseshoe or 4 to 8 inches of
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| then use a child socks to cover the knife
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| | metal pipe, string and a knife or spoon.
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| or spoon.
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| | Loop the string at the curve of the horse
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| 2. To make a Xylophone you require glass
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| | shoe or thread it through the pipe. Tie a
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| pop bottles of same size and then shape
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| | knot at the top and hit the horse shoe or
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| work best for a homemade xylophone and
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| | pipe with the knife as soon as it dangles
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| for this purpose, water glasses shall
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| | from the sting. Make sure that the string
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| also work. Fill the glasses with
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| | is strong enough to hold the pipe.
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