Explore guitar music by making your own guitar!
You’ll need:
Rubber bands
A shoebox without the lid (or some other rather small box that the rubber bands will fit around, like a kleenex box.)
Simply wrap the rubber bands around the box.
In the area where it is open under the rubber bands, strum or pluck the rubber bands with your finger and listen to the sound. You can try experimenting with different size or widths of rubber bands.
Do the different sizes sound different?
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| Homemade guitar from eHow |
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| Homemade cigar box guitar (Picture from link in caption) |
Have you already tried this simple guitar making method or want to try something a little more elaborate?
Try here for one slightly more complex than described above or try a cigar box guitar!
There are other guitar directions on-line, check them out! Some look like a lot of fun to make and play!
Whichever kind of guitar you make, think about the construction process, the coordination of playing the guitar, even a homemade one, the science behind the music it makes (sound waves, etc) the math behind the notes. There’s so much to learn from making your own instrument, even at a young age!
Love it! Great, fairly simple idea!