QCA Design and Technology

Unit 5A

"Musical Instruments"

In this demonstration composer, ex-Secondary School music teacher, and junk instrument maker Sam Paechter shows how to make:

xylophones, drums, pan-pipes, flutes, shakers, rainsticks, shawms, koras, wind chimes, tubular bells, 2 types of drumstick, didgeridoos, bugles, drainpipe percussion and trombones,

all from scrap items, cheap stuff and things you might find lying around the house.

Along the way he covers the scientific points – resonance, amplification and the various ways to change an instrument's pitch.

If you're frustrated with your children making non-functioning decorative models and want to get them making real instruments which actually work, this is the demonstration for you!

Duration:

• 1 hour 45mins (approx)

Equipment needed:

• a standard classroom;