Tag: Unique Instruments

  • From A Capella to a Marble Machine, Thinking Outside the “Music” Box

    From A Capella to a Marble Machine, Thinking Outside the “Music” Box

    This week, my students are being introduced to the second of three themes we will cover this year: “Music is Connected“. The specific lesson topic is “Thinking Outside the ‘Music’ Box”. Students will be encouraged to think differently about music. Our lesson will connect music to science. And, we discover the idea of inventing new […]

  • Man Makes Magic by Using a Marble Machine to Play Music

    Man Makes Magic by Using a Marble Machine to Play Music

    I used to love playing with marbles as a child. One of my favorite toys was a marble run, where you could fit pieces together in whichever way you wished and then placed the marbles in the top and watched them roll down. The marbles passed through a series of bridges, loops, swirls, and jumps. […]