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by Ryanne M My instrument's name is the Blue Jay Triangle. My Dad helped me with my instrument. My Dad and I went to the store and bought a 30 inch piece of half inch metal rod and a can of both blue and yellow spray paint. We went out to my Dad's shop and put the metal rod in a vise. I measured out the dimensions of eight inches. My Dad first cut one end on a sixty degree angle and then he used a cutting torch to heat up the metal. I helped end the metal on the three marks by using the device. The last bend had to be bent up to make a hook. Then my Dad cut off the extra rod and drilled a hole inthe hook. Dad then cut off the extra rod and drilled a hole in the hook and put the string in. Then we taped it off in sections, and I spray painted one half blue, and the other half yellow. Dad found a metal stake to use as a triangle stick, and I painted that blue and yellow also. It took a couple of days for the paint to completely dry. To produce sound, I just tap the triangle with the triangle stick. To make the dynamics loud, I just tap the triangle hard. To make the dynamics soft, I tap it gently. To get a high pitch, I hit it with the end of the triangle stick. To get a low pitch, I hit it with my hand closer to the end of the triangle stick. I also get different pitches by hitting different sides of the triangle. |