Build a Band
Project Description: After studying sound waves and how they behave, we designed three musical instruments in the chime, wind, and strings categories. Chimes use the natural frequencies of objects to create different notes; we made rain sticks, differing the number of nails and type of bean to change the note. Winds create noise through the splitting of air through a pipe; we made three flutes. The different notes are made by changing the wavelength using the finger holes. Our string instrument is a ukulele. The notes vary by changing the length, thickness, and tension of the strings. These instruments will be used at the end of the year to perform a physics song we composed.