WASH TUB BASS
Today the kids got quite a thrill out of playing our home-made "wash tub bass"!
The bass was very simple in its construction: we simply took some twine, a mop handle, and a plastic tub with a hole drilled in the top. By tying a washer to one end of the string and drawing it through the tub, and connecting the other hand to the mop handle, we instantly had our "wash tub bass"! The sound was created through the vibration of the string, and the empty space of the overturned tub acted as a speaker box, amplifying the vibrations! I explained this entire process to the children, and also held a string tightly in my hands with the help of another teacher, so that they could hear how the string's vibration was slightly amplified by my hand acting as the "speaker". (See the above photo).
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