1. + Instrument Creation Day! Music Education classes, LU School of Ed David Buley Welcome to

2. + Musical Instrument Categories Membranophone Chordophone Idiophone Aerophone Electrophone Website about the physics of sound: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html

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

4. + Aerophone 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!)

5. + Idiophone 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…or maybe within it… Waterphone, saw,

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

7. + Electrophone Sound is made through electronic means THERAMIN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5qf9O6c20o&feature=related MOOG Synthesizer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynX6Wmvxl_8 Mellotron http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylI0S1v9B3k&feature=r elated http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylI0S1v9B3k&feature=r elated Digital Synthesizer & MIDI

8. + What classification do you think the drumbone is? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEWEHJuowLA&feature=r elated - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEWEHJuowLA&feature=r elated http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEWEHJuowLA&feature=r elated - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEWEHJuowLA&feature=r elated Here is a rather compelling call to better schooling. I’d be interested to hear what you think of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw3JqHYNB2I

9. + For world instruments purchase http://larkinthemorning.com

10. + Didjeridoo http://www.dbuley.com/http___www.dbuley.com/MUSIC_ED UCATION.html and http://www.dbuley.com/http___www.dbuley.com/MUSIC_ED UCATION.html http://didjiman.com/didjeridu/didge- make.htm

11. + Packing Tape Frame Drum http://www.dbuley.com/http___www.dbuley.com/MUSIC_ED UCATION.html

12. + Plumbing Pipe Marimba http://www.dbuley.com/http___www.dbuley.com/MUSIC_ED UCATION.html

13. + Sewer Flute http://www.dbuley.com/http___www.dbuley.com/MUSIC_ED UCATION.html