Daily Practice:
Try to play 水调歌头（Prelude to Water Melody) with ~6 different instruments.
Prelude to Water Melody is an ancient Chinese poem. It has been set to music, and the song is popular in different generations of China
The wiki link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuidiao_Getou
Day 1: Kalimba
The kalimba is an African musical instrument with a wooden soundboard and metal keys. In the classification of musical instruments, the kalimba is in the category of lamellophones or plucked idiophones (Hornbostel-Sachs system).
I so appreciate that your project engages another sense-Particularly as this course is online.
The framework you offer as well (the poem set to music) and using a different instrument every day is also intriguing.
This is such a beautiful sound, and such a nice place to start. I love that this is a seemingly simple instrument, but so effective at the melody. Very sweet.