4/16/08SZ / Sound1 Tubular Glockenspiel How to Make Glokenspiel: 1.Get ten feet of 1/2-inch Electrical Metallic Tubing (EMT) pipe 2.Cut it into the five different lengths shown above 3.Tie the pieces together, with the largest on bottom and smallest on top, using string 4.Leave about 2 inches between the tubes InchesCentimeters D11 15/ E11 1/ F#10 9/ A9 11/ B9 1/ How can I make it sound different? Use a different kind of pipe Use different materials for the mallets Materialv (m/s) Diamond12000 Pyrex glass5640 Iron5130 Aluminum5100 Brass4700 Copper3560 Gold3240 Lucite2680 Lead1322 Rubber1600 Speed of Sound in Various Solids Here’s a few easy songs to play. Can you guess what they are? – – – – 3 – – – – 4 4 – – 4 4 – 3 3 – 2 2 1

4/16/08SZ / Sound2 To Make Banjo: 1.Put neck through holes in bucket 2.Attach wire to pins in bottom. 3.Place bridge under the wire (look at picture) 4.Insert I-hooks into neck and tighten 5.Place cable ties for frets on neck. 6.Make sound by plucking a string To play different notes: Use fingers to hold against the frets. Change tightness of string –Tighten or loosen the I-hook to change tightness Change thickness of string (Real string instruments usually have different thicknesses of strings.) Change the length of the string Enjoy Playing Bleach Bottle Banjo FRETS Bridge Pins I-Hook

4/16/08SZ / Sound3 Pan Pipes Place penny in center of duct tape square – tape to one end of each tube Wrap tape around tubes – can use pen to stabilize Open holes on top Wrap Tape around Pennies and duct tape on the bottom

4/16/08SZ / Sound4 Pan Pipes - Information Longer the pipe, lower the pitch (note) Standing air waves in tubes with one end closed Creates pentatonic (5-note) scale Play song below, matching notes to numbers written below each word! (numbers seen below and on how-to slide) Tube Length (Inches) for Note C 6 1 D 5 5/16 2 E 4 3/4 3 G 3 7/8 5 A 3 7/16 6 Closed ended Tube Closed end I came from Alabama, with my banjo on my knee CE G G AGE C D E E D C D

4/16/08SZ / Sound5 Thumb Piano To make: –Put the bolts through the wood. –Place a metal strip over the bolts with a thin piece of wood on top. –Place the second strip of metal over the bolts now. –Insert the broken hair pins on top of the wood, but beneath the metal. Set them at different lengths showing. –Tighten down with the nuts. –Enjoy playing Make sound by plucking a pin Different notes are caused by: –Different pin length.

4/16/08SZ / Sound6 What is vibrating to make the sound you hear? Explain: _________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________

4/16/08SZ / Sound7 How do you make the pitch change on your instrument? Explain: __________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________