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1. How is sound produced by this instrument (now that you know more about sound, please try to refer specifically to the energy transfer and vibrations)?

Well, for guitar, it's easy to understand how the sound is made, by hitting the strings of the guitar, you transfer energy and the strings vibrate to make specific pitches depending on the string played and the fret held down. To change the pitch, you have to use the frets, each fret down, starting from the top, changes the pitch by one half-step, so the first fret on an E string would give you an F note, and the second would give you an F sharp. The most important physical characteristic of a guitar is the hole in the body that lets the sound actually come off of the guitar. I'll be using wood, of course, and probably nails to help me make the little things that tune the strings, and I'm not sure of what to do for the frets. I'm going to be playing it with my fingers, as I think a pick is more or less unnecessary. I really just wanna know what I have to turn in when it's due.

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.

Uku-Who?

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.

Four days of classes... just four days.

"Worst case scenario, you'll have to start school in January." 

"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."  

Yesterday we went to FIJI on chestnut street for Jame's is birthday. Karaoke for two hours. I didn't eat the food, but the place was nice. The most fun was the free part of the night. Love Park is where it's at.  

I woke up at 2 in the morning as I had been doing every summer. At 13 years old, it was surprisingly easy to get up without an alarm at these times now. It had become my routine. My baby brother was crying. It was time for his bottle. I waited a minute to listen for shuffling feet. Maybe She was upstairs and would give it to him this time (for once). Silence. Without a reaction I swung my feet out of the bed and went into my parent's bedroom. I walked through the darkness to his crib, lifted him up, and carried him with me down the steps. 

Bottle. Mix. Water. Microwave. Test. Feed. Burp. Sleep (for the both of us).   

Its one week left until the end of classes and I have three benchmarks to finish.

​          I was thinking about making some type of acoustic guitar for this project because a guitar is the only instrument that I have at least a little bit of experience with. I do know that guitars have been around since the 1500’s and can vastly differ from one another. However, most acoustic guitars have six strings varying in width and mass that are laid over a hollow body to emanate a louder sound to be heard at a further distance. On a regular acoustic guitar, strings become thicker from bottom to top of the bridge of the guitar, so the higher the string on the bridge, the thicker the string. When the strings are plucked they actually make little noise but this disturbance makes a disturbance in the air around it that also vibrates the bridge of the guitar. The strings can also make different noises based on how you work them whether it be plucking or tapping them, etc.

Resources:
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/guitar/guitarintro.html
Allen Collins

I am making a thumb piano. The sound coming from a "thumb piano" is the rate of vibration of the key/pins over the hollow in the base. The body of the instrument, the base, is responsible for providing a stable platform to hold the keys very tight. It also acts as a resonating chamber to amplify the vibratory sound of the keys. The principal is the same as it is for a guitar. The main difference being each key on a thumb piano is only connected at one end. I will be changing the pitch with the length of the keys. Which are physical and important to the thumb piano besides from the base of it. I will be making the base out of a block a wood made hollow and bobby pins with pop sickles stick holding it in place tightly. Miner thing I might need help with is how the make the sound as loud as possible.  

Moved back in with my grandmommmmm. Going to be gone come August anyway.

Went to H&M today and got 9 things for 70 bucks. That's a good deal. I got some shorts and tee shirts. I don't like shopping that much anymore. After 30 minutes I get tired of it and stop. I used to love shopping and went all the time. I would spend the entire day at the mall and never get bored. Now, I can't bare being in  mall for more than an hour.

Hola mi nombre es Sterling, (Letter)

Tiene: Bistec

Viene Con: Arroz, tequenos y jugo

Es bueno para protenias

Prediccion: Muy bien y sabroso

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Reflection

 

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.

During Stats I had a hard time really understand what was going on, it took a long time for me to really understand the subject that was being taught. During the 3rd Quarter we had a benchmark on probability. At first I thought it would be hard and I didn't want to do it but after reading over the project description again I knew I could do it. After doing the project my understanding of how probability and statistics go hand and hand grew. 

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. 

I got the website looking cool
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 :(

Now that capstones are over I feel a HUGE weight off of my shoulders. 

Everyday since the second week of May I've bought a water ice for $1.00 from a store around my way. I can't go a day without one ! I also have a new interest in mango water ice. 

Having a job around my neighborhood would make my summer perfect. I would have something to do everyday. 

Last week of classes at SLA, I hasn't hit me yet. Until then, I still can't wait to graduate !