Get ready to dance, sing, and play along when you make your own musical instruments! Explore the physics of sound with hands-on projects that anyone can make! From simple flutes to cutting-edge electronic musical gloves, from fun kits like littleBits and Makey Makey, to the sonic opportunities found in ordinary household items, this book will get you making your own music using instruments you built yourself. Learn how musical instruments were made in the past, and try out some new techniques using everyday modern materials. As you design and play your own instruments, you'll see how vibrations create sound and sound creates music. Full-color photos and illustrations lead you step-by-step through the processes of making a variety of musical instruments. Once you learn the principles, you're the inventor. Design and modify your instruments any way you want. Experiment and discover what new sounds you can create! You'll also explore concepts like "circuit bending," make your own record player and speaker, and learn to build a microphone and a radio. Learn the fascinating stories of yesterday's inventors while using today's technologies to innovate on the inventions of the past. In This Book You'll Learn How to Make a, Three-string guitar, Drinking straw aerophone, Giant singing tube, Bullroarer, South American rain stick, Wrenchophone, Thumb piano, Musical marble run, Experimental music box, Theremin, littleBits synth glove, Makey Makey musical surface, Manilla record player, Super-simple speaker, Plain pencil microphone, pizza box radio, You've never had more fun while learning than when you create your own musical instruments. Go make some noise! Book jacket.