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Instrument Building - Spring 2011

a man playing a banjo

John Bruce '11 plays the banjo he made by hand as part of Music 202 - Instruments and Culture. 

a man holding a slingshot

Ben Burkett '11 explains how he constructed the wang wang.

a man holding a slingshot

Burkett demonstrates how the wang wang is played.

a man holding a wooden instrument

Arjun Kumar '13 made an Aeolian harp for his project in Music 202.

a man playing a harp

Nicholas Reese '14 plays the Celtic harp he hand made.

a man holding a flute

Devan Young '13 plays his hand painted and hand made fife.

a man sitting on a stool playing a musical instrument

John Murrell '12 demonstrates how the mundungu is played.

a man wearing a vest and tie

Luke Robbins '11 talks about the thunder drum he built. It sounds exactly like one might expect with the name "thunder."

a man drawing on a white board

Professor Martin Madsen taught Physics 104 on the physics of acoustics and music alongside Music 202 combining fine arts and science in the two courses. As part of the team teaching between he and Professor Makubuya, Madsen built a shakuhaci. Here he explains how sound is made using his instrument.

a man with a straw hat over his head

The shakuhachi was often played by monks during meditation. In order to close off the outside world and achieve "zen" monks would wear a "tengai" on their heads while playing the shakuhachi. Here Madsen demonstrates.

a group of men holding musical instruments

The Music 202 class.


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