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Covid-19 has resulted in changes to the way we live and learn all over the world and Rugby school Thailand is no different. We are now doing everything remotely, at a safe social distance which has lead Mr Collings to invent the ‘trash band’. For this project, we are going to be working as real design engineers to design and make percussion instruments from materials you can find at home. You will be learning about how different  materials affect sound during your music lessons and must use that knowledge to help you design and make your own percussion instruments. You will be doing this project over a number of lessons so please do not rush to finish immediately but check google classroom carefully each lesson to understand exactly what is expected. You should update this slides presentation each week and attach it to the new assignment to show your work. 

• You must design and make your instruments using materials you can find at home

• Your instruments should make different tones of sound

• Your instruments should look nice as well as good sounds

The percussion family is the largest in the orchestra. Percussion instruments include any instrument that makes a sound when it is hit, shaken, or scraped. It's not easy to be a percussionist because it takes a lot of practice to hit an instrument with the right amount of strength, in the right place and at the right time. The most common percussion instruments in the orchestra include the timpani, xylophone, cymbals, triangle, snare drum, bass drum, tambourine, maracas, gongs, chimes, celesta, and piano.