BUILD A BAND

Key sound wave terms:

Wave Speed = Wavelength x Frequency
Period = 1 / Frequency
Sound waves Waves created by the vibration of objects to produce a frequency
Compression Pushing together
Rarefaction Pulling apart
Medium Where waves travel through
Amplitude Distance from the midpoint to the top or bottom of wave
Crest Top of a wave or bottom of a wave
Wavelength Distance from crest to crest, in meters
Frequency How often a vibration occurs in Hertz, or cycles per second
Period Amount of time between waves
Wave Disturbance or vibration through a medium
Transverse waves Vertical movement Longitudinal
waves Horizontal compression Interference Two
waves being added together
Construction interference Two waves added that create a bigger wave
Deconstructive interference Two waves added that create a smaller wave
Node The area between a wave
Antinode The highest and lowest points of a wave
Pitch How we perceive wavelength
Doppler Effect The concept of a change in frequency due to the motion of a source
Blue shift An increase in frequency
Red shift A decrease in frequency
Natural Frequency The natural wavelength/frequency of an object
Pictures to help:

Sound wave diagram:

Transverse and Longitudinal Wave:

Woodwind:
The woodwind works because air from your mouth vibrates in the mouth piece
and travels through the pipe. The length that the air travels can be adjusted by covering
up holes in the instrument. When you cover up the holes the note gets deeper. This
makes sense because the wavelength is increased making the note lower. When no
holes are covered up, the wavelength is shortest making the note higher. The
placement of the notes was based on C4 octave. We divided all the original
wavelengths by 4 to get the woodwind requirements. To broaden on how different notes
are created, the basic idea is that the instruments wavelengths are manipulated. Every
hole covered makes the note go down.
The mouthpiece is also a key piece to the recorder. It works by air traveling
through a thin slit and then joining into the main pipe. It fits to the mouth and makes the
instrument easier to play by making the air more concentrated through one area. This
mouthpiece is from a recorded made from plastic. The mouthpiece is easy to play and
works very effectively for our purposes.

Note

Length of bamboo

Multiple longest hole by

G3

43.18 cm

1.000

A3

39.205cm

0.9079

B3

34.9275cm

0.8089

C4

32.9675cm

0.7634

D4

29.37cm

0.68017

E4

26.165cm

0.606

F4

24.6975cm

0.572

Strings:
When putting strings on your instruments there are many ways to change the note
the strings are making. The ways to do this are changing the length of the string, make
the string thicker, and changing the tension of the string. This will change the note that
the string makes because the frequency and the speed at which the string is vibrating
will change. For example if the tension is higher the string will vibrate faster, and a
thicker string vibrates slower and has a lower frequency while lighter strings are the
opposite. Also you can create different notes by putting your finger on different parts of
the string which makes the string shorter and changes the tension of the string, so that
a different note is created.
There are many ways to play a string instrument. Such as bowed, plucked, and
struck. When bowing a string instrument you can get much longer and more sustained
notes. Where as striking and plucking will give you a much shorter and staccato notes.
For our string instrument we did a bass. We made the bass by taking a 5 gallon
water jug and cutting a hole in the top and sides of it .The water bottle is cut to
reverberate and amplify the sound towards the audience. Then we put a large piece of
wood in the hole . Next we attached three bass strings to the piece of wood. Each of the
strings where put on with different tension and each string has a different thickness. Our
lowest string is our thickest string and our thinnest string is our highest. In short a string
instrument works by vibrating the string back and forth so that sound is made.
Note

Length of string

Multiple longest string

by

F3

91 cm

1.000

G3

88cm

0.967

A3

78.41cm

0.8616

B3

69.855cm

0.767

C4

65.935cm

0.7245

D4

58.74cm

0.6454

E4

52.33cm

0.575

Percussion:
Percussion comes in many forms. Our form of it is a drum made out of a 5 gallon water
jug. The drum works by hitting it in different places to make different sounds. It makes
different sounds because the vibrations travel from different parts of our drum. The
drum also has many different surfaces which each have their natural frequency. Finding
all the notes was guess and check. While hitting it the sound is amplified because it
bounces around the 5 gallon water jug. Hitting the drum with different materials also
creates different sounds. Even hitting the bottle with your palm rather than your
knuckles creates different noises. This is because the knuckles are a harder surface
making the vibration shorter. Therefore, making the note higher

Chimes:
The note on Chimes is created by hitting the chime with a mallet (in our case we use a
piece of metal) which causes the chime to vibrate, creating the sound wave. The pitch
that the chime creates are determined by its natural frequency and the length of the
chime. To find the length of all the chimes we cut the pipe to the size found by
multiplying the Longest length chime to the ratio of the chimes.
EX for major second: 31cm X 0.9428= 29.2268CM
Note

length of chime

Multiply
Longest
Chime Length
by

31 cm

1.0000

29.2268cm

0.9428

27.7264cm

0.8944

26.846 cm

0.8660

25.3115cm

0.8165

24.0126cm

0.7746

22.6393cm

0.7303

The Band page

Sebastian on Bass ( aka. THE PRINCE OF PERSIA)

Eric on Recorder (aka, Mao Zedong, XxGolfLord21xX, SwagMeister54#NoRAgrets)

Noah on Chimes (aka NOOOOOOOWWWAAAAAAAHHHH

PROCCCHIIINNNOOOOOOWWW

Ben on Bongo (aka THE HOMIE)

And together we are

THE SOARING PHOENIX

Song Lyrics

The Power of Newton

Newton was born January 4 in 1643
One of his most famous laws was thought of under a tree
Im talking about the law of gravity
This law in his time was used quite actively
Unil Einstein superseded it with his Theory of General Relativity
(Chorus)
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton is a bosssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Newton second law was very important
It states that an objects net force and rate of change are Congruent
The second law can also be stated in terms of an objects advancement
This knowledge to your brain is a supplement
But we still have one more law and youre still incompetent
(Chorus)
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton is a bosssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Newton third law has a very large attraction
It is for every action there is an equal or opposite reaction
Thats right, it doesnt push back a tiny little fraction.
It pushes back the entire transaction.
Chorus
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton is a bosssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!! (fading away