Creating an Instrument

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Summary: In building an instrument I can say there are three main components to make sure it works. One, Holding a Vibration. Sound is just a vibration of molecules and if you don't create a situation in which (in reference to wind instruments) that you don't produce a vibration when you blow into the mouth piece you won't make a sound when you try and play. Next we have creating a scale. When you make an instrument its all fine and dandy when you can make it produce a note but instruments are about being able to produce a range of notes of course to make the end goal of making a song. Then finally measurements. Measurements are what make or break an instrument. Making an instrument is about being extremely precise and if your measurements are off that you have just created a completely different thing then you were intending. Being accurate when you measure and holding true to those measurements insures that things work.

S&EP: Conducting Investigations:
Sadly since I am not yet a master instrument crafter you do have a level or variables when making an instrument. You have to really investigate while you craft and test to see if you can make those three main components I mentioned above. You also at times must conduct investigations by looking at things similar to yours. For example we looked at a flute mouth piece when we were in the process of making a bass flute because the way of producing a vibration is the same. Once you have conducted investigations and taken from them you go back to the creation process and use what you have learned.

XCC: Cause and Effect:
Now we have been talking about how precise this process can get and how any small chances can totally throw off the outcome. I'm going to say now this is not an understatement and an inch as we may think of it means a lot more in this fine crafting world. Another cause and effect process you will see a lot of is how an instrument is played. Let me give you the lowdown on how a bass flute works. First off you will blow across the hole in the mouth piece. The air from your breathing will go into the hole and vibrate the instrument. That vibration will keep on passing along. Then if you have your fingers down on the lower holes that change your notes you will get different notes and finally the sound is releases and we can hear the exact sound it produces.