6 Bangin’ DIY Percussion Projects
If I had to guess, percussion instruments were probably the first musical devices invented by man. Create your own instrument with some inspiration from these projects.
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Beautiful Snare Drum Built from Scrap Wood
Drums are great, simple instruments to build. Ryan Hollywood decided to make this excellent drum out of assorted scrap wood.
Jam Out On A PVC Percussion Organ
Anyone can build their own PVC pipe instrument with just a little plumbing and carpentry knowledge.
Unfortunately, getting people to hear you play it is a different story.
DIY $10 Wood Xylophone
A wooden xylophone would be a fun addition to a covered spot in the backyard or front porch! Instructables user dirtydiaperchanger shares his build tutorial.
How-To: Build a Cajón
A “cajón” is an Afro-Peruvian percussion instrument that consists, essentially, of a box with at least one thin plywood “playing face.” The other five sides are commonly made of thicker plywood, and most designs feature a sound hole cut in the face opposite the playing face.
Continuous rain “stick”
Made from a bicycle rim, a length of corrugated plastic hose, a bunch of BBs, and a cymbal stand by Instructables user rhoddity.
Bowed cymbal recording
Important to remember – interesting sounds need not originate from complex devices. I have a bunch of bowed cymbal sounds in my library and they have always intrigued me as I understood how they were created but had never bothered to actually try myself, despite having a drum kit (the ultimate stress reliever!) with some […]
