Design theory
Ok so you've decided that you want to build an instrument, here are a few things to consider.
Do you know what the musically active part of the instrument is?
It is defined using the Sachs Hornbostel caregories
- idiophones - where the vibrating element is the item itself - e.g. a marimba bar
- aerophones - where the vibrating element is an enclosed column of air - e.g. a saxophone
- membranophones - where the vibrating element is a skin or other membrane e.g. a drum
- chordophones - where the vibrating element is a string e.g. a guitar
- Hydrophones / hydraulophones - where the vibrating element is liquid
- Electrophones - where the sound-producing element is electronic
How to make the instrument efficient
- Making an instrument louder without electronic amplification- resonance and radiation.
- See also "help_me" resonator example
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