Just had the opportunity to demonstrate instrument building while inciting over 100 10-year olds to greater musical heights.
What started as an invitation to show off a CBG to a class learning about homemade instruments, became a full-blown presentation to the entire 4th grade in multiple assemblies by the time I got there.
Gourd percussion instruments, CBGs, Kalimbas, and more burrowed their way into the imaginations of some really cool kids. We even built a "Altoid and Bobby Pin Kalimba" on the spot. Twice.
My own grandson was a class member...he brought an awesome Diddley Bow he made from a plank of wood, a coke bottle, and some welding wire. He even built in a wire hanger to store the comination slide / tuning wrench. Those apples fell real close to the tree.
Yeah...they'll learn if you take the time to teach.
Another grandson popped in last night with a similar project. He brought a cardboard box and a set of Martin strings. I talked him into making a diddley-bow with a soda can as a resonator. He marked and drilled the holes, and I put the string on.
He left with a cardboard box, a set of Martin strings, and a diddley-bow. I tossed in a homemade pick and a copper slide.
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