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Exploring Musical Instrument Creation: Categories and Techniques

Join us for Instrument Creation Day as we delve into the fascinating world of musical instruments! We'll explore five main categories: Membranophone, Chordophone, Idiophone, Aerophone, and Electrophone. Learn how sound is created through various mechanisms, such as striking membranes, vibrating air, or electronic means. Discover examples including drums, flutes, guitars, and synthesizers. Engage with interactive sessions and find out more about unique instruments like the Didjeridoo and Drumbone. Be part of this creative journey into music-making!

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Exploring Musical Instrument Creation: Categories and Techniques

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  1. Welcome to Instrument Creation Day!

  2. Musical Instrument Categories • Membranophone • Chordophone • Idiophone • Aerophone • Electrophone

  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-edVuvuzela!)

  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…

  6. Chordophone • Sound is made by a string (chord) drawn taught over or from a resonating surface. Chordophones can be • plucked – banjo, guitar, harpsichord, 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 • MOOG Synthesizer • Mellotron http://www.youtube.com/watchv=ylI0S1v9B3k&feature=related • Digital Synthesizer MIDI

  8. What classification do you think the drumbone is? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOL8-qIYemg&feature=related

  9. Didjeridoo http://didjiman.com/didjeridu/didge-make.htm

  10. Packing Tape Frame Drum

  11. Ugly Stick

  12. Sewer Flute

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