Instrument Building - Spring 2011
John Bruce '11 plays the banjo he made by hand as part of Music 202 - Instruments and Culture.
Ben Burkett '11 explains how he constructed the wang wang.
Burkett demonstrates how the wang wang is played.
Arjun Kumar '13 made an Aeolian harp for his project in Music 202.
Nicholas Reese '14 plays the Celtic harp he hand made.
Devan Young '13 plays his hand painted and hand made fife.
John Murrell '12 demonstrates how the mundungu is played.
Luke Robbins '11 talks about the thunder drum he built. It sounds exactly like one might expect with the name "thunder."
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.
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.
The Music 202 class.