buddyzen Posted February 3, 2009 Report Posted February 3, 2009 ok guys my teacher just told us we need to make an instrument and i do not want to make a stupid and lame guitar like everyone else is obviously going to do. i want to make a very originall project... this is going to make you think alot...... i want to make a violin ... I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could help me. the Instrument has to be able to play 5 different sounds (teacher called them notes). Thank you guys, Quote
freeztar Posted February 3, 2009 Report Posted February 3, 2009 ok guys my teacher just told us we need to make an instrument and i do not want to make a stupid and lame guitar like everyone else is obviously going to do. i want to make a very originall project... As you should. The possibilities are wide. i want to make a violin ... I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could help me. the Instrument has to be able to play 5 different sounds (teacher called them notes). A violin would be difficult to make. Well, it at least be harder than a guitar because you'd have to make a bow as well. Sounds and notes are different things. A sound is any kind of audible sensation. A note is a particular sound that follows the rules of a particular musical scale. In relation to physics, I would recommend (if you do a stringed instrument) to research the physics of why particular string lengths are used. Here's a good place to start: harmonics Quote
buddyzen Posted February 3, 2009 Author Report Posted February 3, 2009 any ideas on how i should make it though it has to be made from scratch except i can buy violin string for it Quote
freeztar Posted February 3, 2009 Report Posted February 3, 2009 any ideas on how i should make it though What materials do you plan to use? What is the point of the project other than "make an instrument"? Surely there is a physics lesson that's driving the assignment. Quote
buddyzen Posted February 3, 2009 Author Report Posted February 3, 2009 wood some tools and alot of woodglue because the wood i have to use will be fragile i might hand carve the thing under the strings with a chizel or something i just don't want to crack the wood Quote
pamela Posted February 3, 2009 Report Posted February 3, 2009 hey Buddy, have you considered making a zither? seems less difficult than a violin and you would not need a bow:) Zither - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Quote
pamela Posted February 4, 2009 Report Posted February 4, 2009 hi buddy, see the wiki link above for a full description as well as a few more stringed instruments such as dulcimers to considerhere is also a link to some ideas as to building your own:)http://www.geocities.com/jonjb.geo/buildyourown.html Quote
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