As I started to brainstorm about the construction and materials required for my idiophone, I immediately hit a wall. It was difficult to figure out what type of idiophone i should create and what it should be made out of. Eventually i came across the idea to use pop cans that i could roll into skinny aluminum rods and set them across a series of angled pieces of paper. This might sound easy but it is very difficult to roll aluminum.
Along with rolling the aluminum, I had to cut the rods to different length so I could get a different tone from each one. After placing these rods across the rolled paper, I realized they were not in the proper place for each of their specif harmonic frequencies. It took many different tries to get the rods at just the right place in order to get the best sound from them. Once finished though, I was surprised at the sound that came from this simple set up. This was by no means comparable to an actual xylophone, but it didn't sound nearly as bad as I thought it was going to.
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