Learning kit Variations of a Paper Organ for middle school and secondary school students by Martina and Nicolas Buzzi.

You can use these free learning materials to create an experimental musical instrument, and explore its resonance, feedback, as well as the collective and spatial arrangements.

The learning kit contains a lesson plan, methodology tips, and a comprehensive guide for building an instrument. We suggest realising the activities in four parts; each of them consists of theory and a practical task. These can be done individually or in groups. For the experiment, every participant needs a mobile phone and a tube that is large enough to house the mobile phone. Finding a tube is one of the activities.

Produced within the framework of Empowering Tools project and residency at Nida Art Colony (NAC) of Vilnius Academy of Art, 2022.

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INTRODUCTION

LESSON PLAN

INSTRUMENT BUILDING GUIDE

TEACHING MATERIALS

Subjects: Music, physics, crafts, technologies

Duration: 4 lessons

Learning outcomes:

Understanding the definition of a musical instrument

Understanding the definition of music

Honing performance skills

Honing social skills

Understanding audio physics – sound, resonance, filtering

Understanding electronics – microphones, loudspeakers, feedback

Developing patience

You will need:

Tubes or materials to build tubes;

Smartphones;

Group call apps;

WIFI or 4G/5G reception;

Tube based musical instruments for demonstration (woodwind, brass and certain percussion instruments)

We suggest doing the activities in four parts. Each of these consist of both a theoretical and a practical task, and can either be done individually or in groups. For the experiment every participant needs a mobile phone and a tube that is large enough to hold it. (Finding this tube is one of the activities.)