Acknowledgments |
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Preface: Musical Inventors |
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The Musical Inventions Supply Closet |
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Introduction: The Science of Sound and the Art of Inventing Instruments |
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1 Singing Strings and Warbling Winds |
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1 | (38) |
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Playing Around with Notes |
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2 | (5) |
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How to Change Notes on a Chordophone |
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7 | (3) |
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Project: Compact Washtub Bass |
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10 | (5) |
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Project: Stick-on-Top 3-String Strummer |
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15 | (8) |
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How to Change Notes on an Aerophone |
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23 | (2) |
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Project: Drinking Straw Aerophones |
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25 | (3) |
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Project: Giant Corrugated Singing Tube |
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28 | (3) |
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31 | (3) |
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Project: The Pickle-O, a Vegetable Ocarina |
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34 | (5) |
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39 | (34) |
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41 | (1) |
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Standing Waves, Overtones, and Harmonics in Idiophones and Membranophones |
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42 | (2) |
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44 | (2) |
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Project: Tunable Water Glasses |
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46 | (4) |
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50 | (4) |
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54 | (5) |
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Project: Cookie Tin Steel Drum |
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59 | (3) |
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62 | (5) |
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Project: Packing Tape Bass Drum |
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67 | (3) |
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70 | (3) |
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73 | (38) |
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Shake Things Up with Resonance and Timbre |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (6) |
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Project: Musical Marble Run |
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82 | (10) |
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92 | (2) |
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Project: Experimental Music Box |
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94 | (10) |
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Project: Origami Paper Popper |
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104 | (4) |
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Project: Flapping Paper Strips |
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108 | (3) |
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111 | (44) |
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Where Electronic Music Gets Its Spark |
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114 | (4) |
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The Buzz about Synthesizers |
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118 | (3) |
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The Strange and Mysterious Theremin |
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121 | (3) |
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124 | (6) |
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Project: littleBits Synth Glove |
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130 | (8) |
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Project: Makey Makey Musical Surface |
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138 | (8) |
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The Silly Science of Circuit Bending |
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146 | (2) |
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Project: Simple Circuit Bending |
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148 | (7) |
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5 Recording and Listening |
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155 | (44) |
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What Makes Phonographs Go Round |
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158 | (3) |
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Project: Manila Record Player |
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161 | (6) |
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Speaking of Speakers (and Microphones)... |
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167 | (3) |
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Project: Super-Simple Speaker |
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170 | (11) |
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Project: Plain Pencil Microphone |
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181 | (4) |
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185 | (3) |
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188 | (11) |
Afterword: It's Not Music Until You Make It Musical |
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199 | (2) |
Index |
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201 | (12) |
About the Author |
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