Cardboard Folk Instruments to Make and Play - Softcover

Waring, Dennis

 
9781895569780: Cardboard Folk Instruments to Make and Play

Synopsis

With a few techniques, these fun-to-make and fun-to-play instruments from around the world produce remarkable sound quality. Strum a homemade Middle Eastern Lute, or Oud; Chinese Moon Guitar; North Indian Sitar, Shoebox Zither, or Angle Harp. Or, try Australian Didgeridoos, Percussion Tubes, and more. You'll be surprised what wonderful things start with an ordinary piece of cardboard.

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Synopsis

Making simple musical instruments? It can be as basic as putting a stick through a box and attaching a couple of nylon strings. But if you learn a few more techniques for crafting with cardboard, these fun-to-make and fun-to-play instruments from around the world can you beyond that and produce a remarkable sound quality. Strum a home-made: Oud (Middle Eastern lute); Chinese Moon Guitar; North Indian Sitar; Make a Zither from a shoebox; Blow an Australian Didgeridoo; Fill the house with the angelic sound of an Angel Harp; Fashion a big string bass; Trumpets; Flutes; Percussion Tubes; If you want to build something more complex, just follow the instructions on designing sound boxes, tuners, tuning pegs & fretting. You will be surprised what wonderful things start with an ordinary piece of cardboard. Wonderful school and family craft project book: make the instruments together and them play them as an ensemble. In full colour throughout: with 200 step by step colour photographs and drawings.

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