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My daughter and I have created a special resource on building and playing a homemade glockenspiel. It includes step-by-step instructions, sheet music, and play-along music tracks. It has everything you need to be successful with your project, from beginning exercises to duets and quartets you can play with your friends. Just like our homemade water bottle xylophone, panpipes, fraction tubes, melodic tube drums, and didgeritubes, our glockenspiel is tuned to play an 8-note scale in the key of C. Also, if you're participating in Science Olympiad, be sure to check out our Science Olympiad Addendum, as well as our Science Olympiad Songbook!
“Building and Playing a Tubular Glockenspiel”
by Phil & Sarah Tulga
 Phil’s daughter, Sarah, guides you step-by-step in building a beautiful sounding glockenspiel made from Electrical Metallic Tubing (EMT) pipe. She provides exact measurements and playing tips so your tubes vibrate correctly and sound in-tune. You will learn special exercises to develop your playing technique, and some great songs to play by yourself and with your friends. To help you learn faster, Phil and Sarah have included sheet music written in treble clef, and play along tracks for each song. It's the perfect project for scouts who are making a homemade instrument. In fact, you will see many scouting songs in this package. Homeschoolers will also enjoy the project as a cross-curricular activity on math, measurement, music, and the physics of sound. If you’re building an instrument for the 2008 High School Science Olympiad Competition, please see the addendum below. This complete package (including step-by-step instructions, playing tips, exercises, songs, duets, quartets, and the 2008 Science Olympiad Addendum) costs only $12.95. To download this PDF book on "Building and Playing a Tubular Glockenspiel" along with all the music tracks, just click the "Buy Now" button below. |
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2008 Science Olympiad Addendum
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If you would like to
build an "idiophone" instrument for the 2008 High School Science
Olympiad Competition, Phil and Sarah have now included all of
the tube lengths to
make "Instrument 1" for the Sounds of Music event. In their addendum,
you will learn the pitch names, exact pipe lengths (in centimeters), and
frequencies (in Hertz) for all 27 notes in the “allowable scoring range”
between F3 and G5. The pipe lengths are tuned and calibrated to an
"A-440", and the frequencies they produce are precisely based on the “12
tone tempered scale.” Additionally, you will learn exactly which pipes
to play for the required “C Major Scale between (C4 to C5)”, as well as the
formula for equal tempered tuning. This addendum is now included at no
extra charge in the above package, "Building and Playing a Tubular
Glockenspiel" by Phil
and Sarah Tulga.
Also, see Phil and Sarah's Melodic Tube Drums, Panpipes, and Didgeritubes for other instruments that meet Science Olympiad requirements, as well as our new 2008 Science Olympiad Songbook! |
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Sarah Tulga |
