Make: musical inventions : DIY instruments to toot, tap, crank, strum, pluck, and switch on
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| Musical instruments > Construction. |
- ISBN: 9781680452334
- Physical Description xxxv, 211 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- Edition First edition.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2017.
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| General Note: | Includes index. |
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Musical Inventions : DIY Instruments to Toot, Tap, Crank, Strum, Pluck, and Switch On
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Musical Inventions : DIY Instruments to Toot, Tap, Crank, Strum, Pluck, and Switch On
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Acknowledgments | p. ix | |
| Preface: Musical Inventors | p. xi | |
| The Musical Inventions Supply Closet | p. xv | |
| Introduction: The Science of Sound and the Art of Inventing Instruments | p. xxi | |
| 1 | Singing Strings and Warbling Winds | p. 1 |
| Playing Around with Notes | p. 2 | |
| How to Change Notes on a Chordophone | p. 7 | |
| Project: Compact Washtub Bass | p. 10 | |
| Project: Stick-on-Top 3-String Strummer | p. 15 | |
| How to Change Notes on an Aerophone | p. 23 | |
| Project: Drinking Straw Aerophones | p. 25 | |
| Project: Giant Corrugated Singing Tube | p. 28 | |
| Project: Bullroarer | p. 31 | |
| Project: The Pickle-O, a Vegetable Ocarina | p. 34 | |
| 2 | Bells and Beats | p. 39 |
| Got Rhythm? | p. 41 | |
| Standing Waves, Overtones, and Harmonics in Idiophones and Membranophones | p. 42 | |
| Project: Singing Bowl | p. 44 | |
| Project: Tunable Water Glasses | p. 46 | |
| Project: Rainstick | p. 50 | |
| Project: Cup Song | p. 54 | |
| Project: Cookie Tin Steel Drum | p. 59 | |
| Project: Wrenchophone | p. 62 | |
| Project: Packing Tape Bass Drum | p. 67 | |
| Project: Balloon Drum | p. 70 | |
| 3 | Mechanical Music | p. 73 |
| Shake Things Up with Resonance and Timbre | p. 75 | |
| Project: Thumb Piano | p. 76 | |
| Project: Musical Marble Run | p. 82 | |
| Music Box Engineering | p. 92 | |
| Project: Experimental Music Box | p. 94 | |
| Project: Origami Paper Popper | p. 104 | |
| Project: Flapping Paper Strips | p. 108 | |
| 4 | Eerie Electronic Music | p. 111 |
| Where Electronic Music Gets Its Spark | p. 114 | |
| The Buzz about Synthesizers | p. 118 | |
| The Strange and Mysterious Theremin | p. 121 | |
| Project: DIY Theremin | p. 124 | |
| Project: littleBits Synth Glove | p. 130 | |
| Project: Makey Makey Musical Surface | p. 138 | |
| The Silly Science of Circuit Bending | p. 146 | |
| Project: Simple Circuit Bending | p. 148 | |
| 5 | Recording and Listening | p. 156 |
| What Makes Phonographs Go Round | p. 158 | |
| Project: Manila Record Player | p. 161 | |
| Speaking of Speakers (and Microphones)... | p. 167 | |
| Project: Super-Simple Speaker | p. 170 | |
| Project: Plain Pencil Microphone | p. 181 | |
| Tuning into Radios | p. 185 | |
| Project: Pizza Box Radio | p. 188 | |
| Afterword: It's Not Music Until You Make It Musical | p. 199 | |
| Index | p. 201 | |
| About the Author | p. 213 |
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