Instrument!

For my instrument, I wanted to initially create a shaker that could have different attachments which created different sounds. While experimenting with different objects, I came to discover that I really enjoyed the sound of things on glass. I created a glass shaker out of found objects (jars and shot glasses) and used jewelry and office supplies for shaking (wooden beads, glass beads, metal beads, nails and paper clips). In designing the shaker, I was looking to create more than one sound. In order to do this, I left one of the jars unsealed with a removable top. The glass beads can be dropped into this to create a nice ringing, resonating sound. The instrument can also be shaken with or without the glass beads inside (and the cap on).