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Musical Instrument Blog #2
Instrument - String
Originated - Portugal
Has four strings and guitar shaped body
Family- Chordophone
The sound is produced by plucking and strumming the strings. The strings then vibrate and are amplified by the resonating body.
To build a Ukulele, I plan on using a small box as that base, like a tissue box, or cigar box or shoe box, but WOODEN. I'd also need wood for the neck, bridge, fingerboard, saddle and nut, and braces.
Musical Instrument Blog #1
The Ukulele is played similar to how a guitar is played. It can be strummed or picked. There are 4 notes on a Ukulele.
In order to play the C chord, you take you ring finger, place it on the bottom string and strum.
To play A minor, you take your middle finger and place it on the top chord, and remove your ring finger, then strum.
To play F, you take your first finger and play it on the second string, the one right above C.
To play G7, you bring the middle finger down, place it on the string right below the top one, then place you ring finger back on C.
All the notes are being played within the first three frats. It is shaped just like a guitar but incredibly smaller. This makes me think that your hands are very powerful tools and even moving it the slightest can change the way an instrument will sound.
If I have a hollow enough base, I'll be able to produce enough waves to make a louder sound.
Ian McClendon Music Blog #2
-The shape of an instrument is a vital key for producing that certain sound. In the case of a acoustic guitar the structure of it should be hollow and a minimal amount of holes to reverb the vibrations of the string. Each string has a different tension and a different thickness to it which gives it the variation of sound. By strumming/ plucking a string it vibrates. Those vibrations represent the wave lengths depending on the string. Then the vibrations can be amplified by an amp for a electrice guitar or with an acoustic the hollow compression of the base allows the sound to enter the base and amplify while exiting. An example could be blowing into a empty bottle and generating that hum.
-To change the pitch or tone of the instrument tightening the string changes that. On the top of the neck are knobs connected to each individual string. To make the tone of a string sharper it is rotated to the left. To make the tone flatter it is turned to the right. The most important part to amplify the sound is to have the string highly tensioned and a hollow base for the wave to enter and be amplified.
-I plan to use either a heavy duty card board box as my hollow base or I could construct a base with rounder edges to the waves of the sound to reverb better. As far as materials go; wood, strings, string mounts, saw, screws, drivers, other handy man necessities. I'm planning to make the guitar more of a ukulele. Higher tensioned strings with fewer frets on the neck but still retains the pitch needed for the song.
Biello - Blog #2
Almost There
Memorial Day
And When the Countdown was almost over
"Who startin' school in January?"
"I said worst case scenario."
"Well, whoever is responsible for that I'm punching them in the face and spending my months waiting in jail 'cuz I'm not staying in this house for another 4 months."
You're Gonna Love Me
One Summer Night
Bottle. Mix. Water. Microwave. Test. Feed. Burp. Sleep (for the both of us).
Life
TJ Nicolella- Musical Instrument Blog #1
The body of a guitar is usually made of spruce or other “springy” woods that can vibrate up and down relatively easily. In the case of an acoustic guitar, most of the sound is produced by the vibrations of the strings when they are touched or plucked, the body of the guitar only makes the conversion of energy from the strings to the body more efficient, creating more sound when the strings are plucked. Meanwhile, an electric guitar does not have the same effect because it does not have a hollowed out body and many vibrations do not convert to sound (unless connected to an electric amp.)
Resources:
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/guitar/guitarintro.html
Allen Collins
Musical Instrument Blog #2
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I am making a thumb piano. It is a rectangular shaped block, which belongs in the string family. It is played while in your hands or on a flat surface by flicking the pins, which act as the keys on this piano. The keys/ pins are different lengths so when you flick it, it produces different sounds. I plan to make it a 3 by 5 rectangle with bobby pins as keys, with different lengths to make different notes. A connection from this to waves are the vibration of the strings and the keys on my piano.
Links:
http://www.activitytv.com/779-make-thumb-piano
BLAAH
Moving
Shoppin
Bistec!
Hola mi nombre es Sterling, (Letter)
Tiene: Bistec
Viene Con: Arroz, tequenos y jugo
Es bueno para protenias
Prediccion: Muy bien y sabroso
VideoReflection
My first impression of
Sazon and it’s staff was “WOW” I felt like I was really in Venezuela for a
minute. The food was excellent too. It was exciting to try new types of food
that weren’t from the US. The first food I tried was the Bistec. My first
impression was that it was very tasty, kind of sweet and I wanted more.
Favorite Stats Benchmark
Inquiry: What is the probability that a person can win three games of “Skip-Bo” row.
Collaboration: This was a solo project, I needed three or four players, that actually know how to play the game well.
Presentation: I presented this project on a iweb that will teach people how to play the game.
Reflection: After doing the project I understood that it is hard to really tell the chances of a person winning three times in a row.
Capstones have just begun
the boxes are all in order
Every student has a page
And their information is surrounded by a border
But unfortunately for me
I am never truly done
I am sorry to say
But all my work has just begun
I could do more to make it better
I could add more colors and shades
A nice design changing page would be nice
All of this can be done at my pace
So while everyone else is finished
Everyone is cheering horray
I will have to continue to work
Until my site becomes completely perfect
So of course that's not today :(