Welcome to Instrument Creation Day Musical Instrument Categories

+ Welcome to Instrument Creation Day!

+ Musical Instrument Categories n Membranophone n Chordophone n Idiophone n Aerophone n Electrophone

+ Membranophone n Sound is made by striking a ‘membrane’ or ‘skin’ stretched across an opening Examples: Various kinds of Drums

+ Aerophone n Sound is made by vibrating air in a column or tube Examples: - air blows across the tube (traverse) flute, pop bottle, - whistle – recorder, bird calls - reed – clarinet, grass between your thumbs… kaan, mouth-organ - Double reed – oboe, bassoon - straw – (the L. U. Con-ed Vuvuzela!)

+ Idiophone n Sound source is unique to the instrument – - Many kinds of percussion instruments - Stones, bones, - Sound can be caused by ‘striking’, ‘scraping’, twirling, - -- essentially causing air to vibrate around the instrument…

+ Chordophone n Sound is made by a string (chord) drawn taught over or from a resonating surface. Chordophones can be n plucked – banjo, guitar, harpsichord, etc. n Struck – birmbau, dulcimer, clavichord, piano, n Bowed – i. e. chord vibrates by causing FRICTION violin, viola, violincello, double bass, Also: tiger drum

+ Electrophone n Sound is made through electronic means n THERAMIN http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=w 5 qf 9 O 6 c 20 o&feature=related n MOOG Synthesizer http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=yn. X 6 Wmvxl_8 n Mellotron http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=yl. I 0 S 1 v 9 B 3 k&feature=rel ated Digital Synthesizer MIDI

+ What classification do you think the drumbone is? n http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=LOL 8 q. IYemg&feature=related See http: //www. blueman. com/app/webroot/instrument/ for a neat contest you might consider with a class in your next school… And here is a rather compelling cal to better schooling. I’d be interested to hear what you think of this: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=qw 3 Jq. HYNB 2 I

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+ Packing Tape Frame Drum

+ Ugly Stick

+ Sewer Flute