Make your own instruments - a drum and a Gabonese clucking bird.
PDF: Make a traditional drum (363 KB)PDF: Make a Gabonese clucking bird (357 KB)Sound and pitch
Understanding sound, vibration, pitch and how sound travels.
PDF: Sound and pitch (414 KB)- BBC class clips - Understanding sound and vibrations
This video explains that sounds are produced by vibrations. You can feel these when you put your fingers against your throat and talk.
- BBC class clips - Frequency and pitch
This video investigates sound and pitch.
- Music tech teacher - Instrument families
This website groups instruments together and also allows you to listen to the sounds they make.
- BBC class clips - Using everyday objects as musical instruments
This video demonstrates how everyday items can be used to make music.
- YouTube - Musical instruments from junk
Tips on how to make a stringed instrument from junk materials.
