DIY Musical Instruments

575 Pages·2011·23.7 MB·English

by  coll.

Introduction
Welcome to the Instructables eBook, DIY Musical Instruments!
To truly understand an instrument, you should learn how it's built. This book
will not only improve your musical acumen, but help you build an entire band's
worth of fun instruments. Make them for yourself, for your kids, or for any
musician who needs a unique and personal gift!
The Instructables editors have chosen some of our best do it yourself musical
instrument projects to educate and inspire you to make great things with easily-
available tools.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Making an Atabaque (Afro-Brazilian Conga)
Build a Bass Fiddle
Beginner Cigar Box Guitar
PVC Soprano Recorder
MINI-PIANO
Instant Thumb Piano: How to make a set screw lamellaphone
Crazy Looper
Simple Self Playing Guitar!
2 String Paddle Bass
Homemade Diddley Bow Electric Slide Guitar (a la Jack White)
Make A Guitar Pickup
Army-Navy Mandolin on the Cheap
Building Mandolin No. 002
Bullet Shell Pan Flute
Superterrific Tub Bass
Acoustic Vulcan lyre
X-ray Drum Heads
How to build a cajon
DIY Kids Sand Block Instruments
Styrofoam Harps
Styrofoam Maracas
A Rule Organ
Build Your Own Marimba and Wrap Your Own Mallets!
The Minty Kalimba
How to Make Bagpipes out of a Garbage Bag and Recorders
Author and Copyright Notices
Instructable: Making an Atabaque (Afro-Brazilian Conga)
Author: chapa-de-frente
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (by-nc-sa)
Instructable: Build a Bass Fiddle
Author: courtervideo
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (by-nc-sa)
Instructable: Beginner Cigar Box Guitar
Author: gerlindagrimes
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (by-nc-sa)
Instructable: PVC Soprano Recorder
Author: Thinkenstein
License: Attribution (by)
Instructable: MINI-PIANO
Author: mistic
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (by-nc-sa)
Instructable: Instant Thumb Piano: How to make a set screw lamellaphone
Author: yapruder
License: Attribution-NonCommercial (by-nc)
Instructable: Crazy Looper
Author: rarebeasts
License: Attribution-NonCommercial (by-nc)
Instructable: Simple Self Playing Guitar!
Author: sugarhi911
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (by-nc-sa)
Instructable: 2 String Paddle Bass
Author: st.paul
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (by-nc-sa)
Instructable: Homemade Diddley Bow Electric Slide Guitar (a la Jack White)
Author: CaptainWow
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (by-nc-sa)
Instructable: Make A Guitar Pickup
Author: Leperello Mikesiah
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (by-nc-sa)
Instructable: Army-Navy Mandolin on the Cheap
Author: andrew.spencer.2
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (by-nc-sa)
Instructable: Building Mandolin No. 002
Author: Jnkyrdguy
License: None (All Rights Reserved) (c)
Instructable: Bullet Shell Pan Flute
Author: rabidiga
License: Public Domain (pd)
Instructable: Superterrific Tub Bass
Author: jts3k
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (by-nc-sa)
Instructable: Acoustic Vulcan lyre
Author: agent036
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (by-nc-sa)
Instructable: X-ray Drum Heads
Author: Thinkenstein
License: Attribution (by)
Instructable: How to build a cajon
Author: 89joho87
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd)
Instructable: DIY Kids Sand Block Instruments
Author: yankeelandy
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (by-nc-sa)
Instructable: Styrofoam Harps
Author: Thinkenstein
License: Attribution (by)
Instructable: Styrofoam Maracas
Author: Thinkenstein
License: Attribution (by)
Instructable: A Rule Organ
Author: SteevAtBlueDust
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (by-nc-sa)
Instructable: Build Your Own Marimba and Wrap Your Own Mallets!
Author: RocketScientist
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (by-nc-sa)
Instructable: The Minty Kalimba
Author: Deansrds
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (by-nc-sa)
Instructable: How to Make Bagpipes out of a Garbage Bag and Recorders
Author: wasabi32746
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (by-nc-sa)
Disclaimer
All do-it-yourself activities involve risk, and your safety is your own
responsibility, including proper use of equipment and safety gear, and
determining whether you have adequate skill and experience. Some of the
resources used for these projects are dangerous unless used properly and with
adequate precautions, including safety gear. Some illustrative photos do not
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Making an Atabaque (Afro-Brazilian Conga)
Published by chapa-de-frente on August 30, 2010
Intro: Making an Atabaque (Afro-Brazilian Conga)
The Atabaque is an Afro-Brazilian conga drum that is used in the Martial
Art/Dance/Game of Capoeira, and the Afro -Brazilian Religion of
Candomblé. The steps provided in this instructable are for making a
rope-tensioned, as opposed to a lug-tensioned drum. If you wish to bring
axé (energy) into your roda, or call upon the Orixas (protective spirits of
Candomblé), this instructable will give you the information that you
need to build your own Grande Atabaque! Muito Axé!