The purpose of this blog is for students to collaborate during the process of creating, recording, and writing an equation for the sound wave of a musical note. The note must come from a wind, string, or percussion instrument made by the student.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
materials
Does anybody know any materials useful for this project?
Like she said, it depends on what you want to make. You can try making a string instrument.For example a guitar, so you'd need guitar strings and a body,just something kind of hollow, possibly even a shoe box=]. Or a percussion instrument such as a xylophone, in which case, LIVA's video showed a great example.Hollow metal tubes sound like a great idea. Or a wind instrument, like David Jun, who carved out a flute from a squash.It all depends on your preference. These are just brief, general ideas to help you choose what type of instrument you want to start with.
First you should decide what instrument to make because then you won't know what materials would actually be useful to you..but after you decide, I would personally look through every single box filled with random supplies just cause you never know what you're going to find in your own house. I've gone shopping for materials that I later realize I already had which means I just wasted time and money. So make sure you save yourself as much trouble as you can and look around your house first.
If you are willing to make a string instrument like something similar to a guitar, you could use a rubber band to connect it and instead of getting the strings tightened up, you could change the length of the rubber bands in order to make different notes.
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ReplyDeleteIt depends on what instrument you want to make. Do you have something in mind?
ReplyDeleteLike she said, it depends on what you want to make. You can try making a string instrument.For example a guitar, so you'd need guitar strings and a body,just something kind of hollow, possibly even a shoe box=]. Or a percussion instrument such as a xylophone, in which case, LIVA's video showed a great example.Hollow metal tubes sound like a great idea. Or a wind instrument, like David Jun, who carved out a flute from a squash.It all depends on your preference. These are just brief, general ideas to help you choose what type of instrument you want to start with.
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ReplyDeleteFirst you should decide what instrument to make because then you won't know what materials would actually be useful to you..but after you decide, I would personally look through every single box filled with random supplies just cause you never know what you're going to find in your own house. I've gone shopping for materials that I later realize I already had which means I just wasted time and money. So make sure you save yourself as much trouble as you can and look around your house first.
ReplyDeleteI chose to use pvc pipe for my wind instrument. Looking on google or bing are great sites to go and explore
ReplyDeleteYou can make a wind instrument by attaching a top of the recorder to a radish. It's hard to make a hole through it without a drill though.
ReplyDeleteI made mine out of plywood which seemed a little to thick.
ReplyDeleteIf you are willing to make a string instrument like something similar to a guitar, you could use a rubber band to connect it and instead of getting the strings tightened up, you could change the length of the rubber bands in order to make different notes.
ReplyDeletePVC pipe is absolutely amazing for wind instruments (like flutes).
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