by Nate My instrument is called, "The Magical Spirit Caller."
My Mom, Dad, and Grandpa helped me make it. The first thing
that I did was picked out a piece of wood to use for my
instrument with help from my Grandpa. My Dad and I measured
the wood using the measurements from the instructions. My
Dad cut it with the table saw. Then I cut off the corners
with the carving saw and drilled the hole for the string.
The next step was to sand it. I sanded it down and sanded
the corners to the right angle using a palm sander. It was
hard to get the angles right and I had to use a wood chisel
and then the palm sander again to make it smooth. My Mom went to the store and bought bright red paint
and red yarn. Then I painted it red and decorated it with
silver and red symbols. The last step that I did to finish
my instrument was to tie a long string to the hole on the
Spirit Caller. I also decorated the string with
yarn. To play my instrument, I swing the Spirit Caller over
my head. The faster I swing the Spirit Caller, the louder
the dynamics are. The timbre of my instrument is a low
hollow vibrating sound that is spooky to hear. The pitch of
my Spirit Caller changes by swinging the rope faster to make
it louder or slower to make the sound softer.
