The Black Banjo!
  by Jerad

    My dad and I started on my project the day it was a assigned from school, When I got home I already had in mind what I wanted  to do. I ran inside , and told my dad that I wanted a black banjo. Luckily it just so happened my mom was doing laundry and had emptied out a plastic washer soap bottle. We took the bottle and sliced it with a jack knife I did that part myself, dad just guided my hand along side. Then we went to Wal-Mart, and got some fiber glass only 4.99. We took it home got out a plastic cutting board then me and dad put on some latex gloves, because its really itchy if you get it on your skin. Then we peeled the fiber glass into thin pieces, we stuck it to the bottle, I made glue and  stirred it with a paint stick. We  set it out to dry for 12 hrs. , after 12 hrs. we peeled it off the bottle, then after that we took the cutting bored and made the frame for my banjo. It dried for ten hrs. because it was warmer in the house then the garage. We peeled that off ,because it got stuck to the cutting bored. We glued the frame to the big long pole sticking out the top and let that dry for 15 minutes, then drilled it into the frame for better support. I soon began to spray paint my banjo soon after the base coat had dried. Then came the hard part, putting on the strings my dad had to help me do that part because they had to be tight so I could determine weather or not my dynamics  were loud or soft I figured both, because it depends on how hard you strum it. Next came the determination on the pitch, me and mom came up with that the thicker the string the lower the pitch, the thinner the string the higher the pitch. The description of my sound slash, timbre  would be flat and pure. For all the other fourth graders for years to come I had a real blast doing this project not only did I spend quality time with my dad, but learning  what the words dynamics , pitch, and timbre mean.The Black Banjo!