Digital Material | DIY – Making our own musical instruments
Educational material in digital form
When others see only cables, balloons, chips, and foil, you see an opportunity for experimental music in your classroom.
The educational material “DIY – Making our own musical instruments” is a practical guide with detailed instructions, examples and exercises for educators who want to experiment with DIY constructions and different ways of creating music in the classroom.
Using the audiovisual material provided in the handbook as a compass, teachers and students can make bizarre musical instruments together, using materials such as balloons and foil, along with chips, cables and resistors. The handbook, in addition to including clear instructions for making musical instruments, explains the general principles of physics for sound and electricity related to the instruments’ operation, and contains instructions for games and improvisations, as well as suggestions for small sound compositions. Get ready for an unusual journey into the fascinating world of sounds and music through art and science.
The handbook was developed as supporting material to the educational program “DIY – Making our own musical instruments” carried out by the Onassis Foundation in 8 secondary schools in the school years 2018-19 & 2019-20.
Addressed to educators of all levels and specialties.
Teachers and students are not required to have prior knowledge of music or electronics.
The educational program and supporting material is part of the European network INTERFACES, co-funded by the European Union’s “Creative Europe” program, which brings together nine partners from eight European countries and aims to bring contemporary music to a wide range of young audiences in Europe.
Aris Droukopoulos: Sound technician, manufacturer of sound equipment/loudspeakers
Thalia Ioannidou: Musician, sound artist
Yannis Kotsonis: Musician, sound artist
Gelina Palla: Musician, visual artist
