How to Make Percussion Instruments

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Tip 1 - Homemade Musical Instruments

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Irene Lenzen | permalink

A collection of DIY homemade musical instrument tutorials from around the web.

For further reading: https://www.pinterest.com/maestroclassics/homemade-musical-instruments/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - Make Your Own Percussion Instruments

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Nanjingzw | permalink

A few years back, while giving a presentation on homemade musical instruments at the University of Washington, Dr. Craig Woodson created a masenqo—a single stringed violin from Ethiopia—out of dental floss, a Styrofoam box, a plastic tube, and some chopsticks. “There was an Ethiopian woman in the audience, and she got up and walked out of the room,” he remembers. “I thought, oh my gosh, I’ve insulted this woman! But then she came back in and her eyes were wet with tears, and she said to me, ‘I had no idea when you started to play that very simple instrument, that it would take me home.’”

For further reading: http://makingmusicmag.com/make-your-own-percussion-instruments/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - How to Make Percussion Instruments With Household Items

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Sergio Webber | permalink

Percussion instruments are essential to many styles of music, and fortunately for the novice or the musically inclined child, they are relatively easy to get started with. In case you don't want to invest the money in real percussion...
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For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Percussion-Instruments-With-Household-Items ^[3]