Musical instrument
Create a musical instrument, and write about it. This instrument could be a real, physical
creation that you make and test, or it could be a “thought experiment” that you imagine you could build
if you had enough time/skill/money/resources. Either way, it should be an original, realistic, playable
instrument that humans could actually listen to and enjoy.
Some things you could include:
• Describe the design of your instrument. Include a sketch of the different parts of the instrument, and
of the entire instrument. Sketches don’t have to be a masterpiece, but just something to give an idea of
how it could look.
• A name for your instrument.
• An analysis of your instrument using the “Five Part Model” (Introduced in Week 9, but videos and the
chapter PDF released on Mar. 11)
• The physics behind how harmonics are created when a single note is played.
• A description of how your instrument might sound and what kind of music might best be played on it