The Salmon Powered Guitar

 Hello Visitor! This class is called Light, Sound, and Time; this is Unit 2 so we learned about the speed of sound, how sound translates into waves, how sound travels and how fast sound is in different mediums of the earth; like water, air, and certain temperatures. We focused more on the Doppler effect, frequency, and pitch since that correlated more to the math portion; before we went outside of the classroom to identify how people would adapt without the use of sound and the technology that is created to cater to those with hearing issues. We learned the anatomy of the ear and how sound waves transfer into things mammals can perceive sound first and Then took an FE to the Chicago Hearing Society. In this project we were asked to create a guitar out of the a can, wooden plank, and supplies in the classroom to create a stringed instrument with the intent to repurpose and reuse possible products that would've just been tossed in the trash if otherwise. But how could one create a stringed instrument without knowing how a stringed instrument is produced which is what we had to learn. So before building the stringed instrument, we learned the general anatomy of a violin which easily translates to a guitar.


What I think I should’ve done differently is measure the can first then mark the length of the can on the wood plank, so hammering the nails that’ll put the can in place would be easier since I’m not hitting the nail right by the can causing to not be able to hammer the nail all the way which made the can have an unsatisfying rattle to it. I would also try to deal with the string a little differently by using a taller object to create tension on the string so all the tension in the string isn’t mostly from the wraps around the nails.


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