Sistrum – Forked Jingle Stick - Instructions
The Sistrum is a type of rattle or shaker that uses metal to produce the sound, though wooden discs or seeds are sometimes used.
Materials needed: forked stick, light wire, bottle caps, hammer, nail, wire cutters, board.
Use the nail and hammer to pound a hole in the center of 6-10 bottle caps per jingle stick.
Cut a piece of wire about 10-12 inches long and wrap one end of the wire on one end of the forked stick.
Be sure to wrap the wire so that the end of the wire is under the wrapping.
String the bottle caps onto the wire.
Wrap the other end of the wire on the other end of the forked stick.
Wrap a bit of the wire around the wire running between the two ends of the fork.
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