How does a musical instrument create sound?

How does a musical instrument create sound?

Task: Write an explanation to describe how a musical instrument creates sound e.g. a guitar. The way a guitar makes sound is it has a metal string which you strum and you could tune using the tuning pegs.

Youtube link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8bVFuiFy7Y - How does a guitar make sound?

Brainstorm words/vocab:

tuning	vibrations	soundwaves	melody	strings
harmony	echoes	vocals	pitch	strumming
pluck	notes	chords	pear shape	rhythm
plucking	volume	tone	reflect	pick
amplified	harmonic	musical	instrument	mental wire’s

 

From ages ago to 2014 people have been creating instruments. The world has lots of instruments. For example we have guitar, drums, piano, bass, idiophones and more. Most instruments that are used in songs are bass and guitar. There are loads of musical instruments that you could choose from.

The guitar has a metal wired string which you use to strum or pick. The headstock is where you tune the guitar using the tuning pegs. The shape of a guitar is like two circles and a line that goes as the neck.

How is sound created from a guitar? The way a guitar sound travels is when you strum the metal wire it vibrates or shakes. The reason there's a hole in the guitar is so that if you strum it, the sound travels into the hole and reflects and makes the sound louder.

4. How to play a guitar:When Neo strummed the guitar the sound came out louder than a electric guitar because the electric guitar has no hole in the middle of the guitar. But electric guitar gets plug into an amplifier to make the sound louder. When I use a guitar I use one hand to change the sound of the guitar and I use the other hand to strum.

5. Conclusion:

First you've got to learn the basics like the chords and where everything is. Here's a link to learn how the guitar works. The way a guitar makes sound is it has a metal string which you strum and makes sound and travel into the hole and reflects to make the sound louder.