Musical Instrument Blog #1

The instrument that I'm interested in making or playing is the celesta or piano. Try to find a video of someone playing the instrument. As you do so, take notes on the following questions:
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--How is it played? 
It's played with elegance. 
--What does the person have to do to produce sound?
Press on the right notes on the keyboard. 
--How do you change a note?
 Every key hits different sounds. On the left has more bass than the right which is more pitched. 
--How is it shaped?
It's a big instrument where you have to sit in front of and play it. 
--What does this make you think about how you can create and change sound?

I can have rods of different sizes like an organ and put it in a box then have metal rods as the keyboard and underneath the rod will be small metal balls attached to it so, when I press on the keyboard the sphere will hit the "organs" and create a sound. Just to think about it, after all that work, I should just go straight to making a xylophone. 


I suppose sound wave is caused by the vibration thats being transferred from the keys to the inside of the organs describing my design where as to a real piano, the vibration travels on the string.


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