{"id":1162,"date":"2021-01-23T10:01:25","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T10:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howiewatkins.co.uk\/?p=1162"},"modified":"2021-01-26T14:27:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T14:27:09","slug":"sound-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howiewatkins.co.uk\/?p=1162","title":{"rendered":"Sound ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Exploring sound and waves doesn&#8217;t have to be all about oscilloscopes and diagrams of the ear, it&#8217;s a great opportunity for some arts-physics crossover. Here are some resources that I love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thumpaphone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Thumpaphone (or Bataphone) is a musical instrument made from waste tubes (the kind that carpet and fabric comes wrapped around). It&#8217;s easy to make one, just cut the tubes into different lengths to tune the instrument and THUMP the ends of the tubes with a foam paddle or an old pair of flip-flops to play notes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Call ahead to your local carpet shop\/warehouse and ask them if they&#8217;ve got any tubes you can have. Top tip, when collecting, take a rip saw as the tubes are typically 3m long and won&#8217;t fit in your car. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made lots of Thumpaphones when I was working for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxorinoco.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Orinoco Scrapstore<\/a> as chief &#8216;Scrapmaster.&#8217; They were always a success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' width='620' height='349' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gCf2lVc_5BY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;' sandbox='allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation'><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scrap music machines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a project that I ran at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxorinoco.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Orinoco &#8211; the Oxfordshire Scrapstore<\/a>, working with play rangers providing free play and facilitated play opportunities in the community. Oliver Wright, a student volunteer, created a range of Music Machines with the children of Oxford. His designs are illustrated in his beautiful <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/howiewatkins.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/musicmachines.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Music Machines Sketchbook<\/a>. There are some super ideas here and it&#8217;s well worth a browse through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meanwhile&#8230; on YouTube<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some favourites from the many, many videos on YouTube:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8zrsx8V8XwQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Make a straw trombone<\/a> &#8211; really good instructions and nicely references soundwave science.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pFfBrCyHfWs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DIY musical instruments for kids<\/a> &#8211; a selection of simple instruments.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xM1EjIDLMLY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The vegetable orchestra<\/a> &#8211; because playing with your food (literally) should be encouraged.<\/li><li>Making a carrot clarinet<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any favourites that you&#8217;d like to share, please stick them in the comments and I&#8217;ll add them.<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploring sound and waves doesn&#8217;t have to be all about oscilloscopes and diagrams of the ear, it&#8217;s a great opportunity for some arts-physics crossover. 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