Author: Lisa

Designing and making a musical instrument

Name		Date

Draw one of the musical instruments you have been shown.
Label and annotate the instrument.
What type of instrument is it?
How does it make the sound?
Does it make different sounds, and if so, how?
Useful words;
Box
Arm
Stem
Board
Beater
String
Skin
Wood
Plastic
Rubber
Elastic
Hollow
solid

Investigating making sounds

In words and pictures show how you could make a shaker, a scraper, a drum and a string instrument.
Think about:
What you would use to make it.
How it would make a sound.

A shaker

A scraper

A stringed instrument

A drum

Designing

Use the boxes to design 4 different instruments that you could make.

Now choose one of your designs and redraw and label in more detail.

What tools, equipment and materials will you need to make your design?
List it here:
1.____________ 9. __________________
2.____________ 10. _________________
3.____________ 11. _________________
4.____________ 12. _________________
5.____________ 13. _________________
6.____________ 14. _________________
7.____________ 15. _________________
8.____________ 16. _________________

You said you wanted your design to do these things:
(copy your design criteria here)

How well does your instrument do each of these things?

What do you think worked well?

What could you do to make your design better?

Design criteria
I am going to design and make a musical instrument for
________________________________ (person).
I want my musical instrument to (list in order of importance):
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I will get ideas from:
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