Another Garage-Band instrument! Add pennies to your favorite metal can - size anywhere from coffee-can to wash-bin - and make 'em zing.
 
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orvis says: Dec 23, 2008. 8:10 PM
I did this with a plastic 1-gallon bucket. I hot-glued a mouse-pad to the top of it. It ended up sounding almost exactly like a snare.
zrune18 says: Sep 23, 2008. 1:53 PM
another good alternative is having a can.....some change and get rubber pads about 1/2" thick and put them on top with the change inside the can....then its not as loud but the pennies bounce more and it sounds great
Namonos says: Feb 5, 2008. 12:21 PM
whow!! so cool one one hand but not so cool on the other
witey2 says: Jan 17, 2008. 1:20 PM
instead of having the pennies on top, you should put them into the coffee can and beat on the top of the lid...but thanks it helped me with a science project.
mawwwm says: Jan 17, 2008. 8:49 AM
my 11 year old son did this last year as he waited for me to find a set i could afford...actually he had cookie tins lined up on the floor in his room and had change in one, something else in another..all to make different sounds...i found a banged up set for xmas and he's been playing them eversince...and he's been promoted to the Grade 8 band...and he's only supposed to be in Grade 6....sometimes being creative can be inspiring i guess...i like this project!
talleu says: May 5, 2007. 10:29 AM
um try making a cardbord drum kit and using packing tape for the skin
jimsinspace says: Nov 12, 2006. 10:54 PM
its a good start but i think you couldv'e loved this one a little bit better...i.e. string the pennies together beaded neckchains work too. anyway its got me thinkin and i like that.
dominic.tarr says: Oct 4, 2006. 3:38 AM
i think this should also work if you put the pennies inside the can, and hold the can off the ground, with a stand lashed tegether with, say, strips of innertubing. now. how do you make decent hihats?
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