How to make a Canjo:
1. Poke a hole with your thin nail into the center of the bottom of each can.
2. Measure each musician's arm from the fingertip to the elbow and cut a piece of fishing line to that length. (Rachel likes to have children work together to help each other measure and cut. Demonstrate how to do this with a partner and then provide gentle and encouraging guidance when needed.
3. Thread the fishing line through the hole from the outside of the can. Tie a double knot at the end of the fishing line inside the can.
4. Thread the other end of the fishing line through the hole of the other can and tie a double knot at the end of the fishing line inside the can.
How to play the canjo:
1. Place one can under your dominant arm with the open side of the can facing the back of your body.
2. Hold the other can in your other hand. The open side of the can will face away from your body.
3. Boing the string with your dominant hand.
4. Stretch the string by pulling the can in your hand as you keep tension to hold the can under your dominant arm so that you keep the can under your arm. The more you stretch the string, the higher the pitch.
5. Loosen the tension on the string and notice how the pitch changes becoming lower the more you loosen the string.
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