Rubber Band Guitar

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Rubber band guitar.

The thinner the rubber band the tighter it is stretched and the shorter the length of the vibrating section the higher the pitch will be. Stretch each string across the central guitar hole and into the corresponding string hole on the other side. This is because the molecules in a solid are so much closer together than in a gas so it is easier for the vibrations to be passed along. Place the knotted dowel into the body of the guitar and feed the rubber bands up through the string holes.

In our rubber band bass guitar the vibrations travel through your finger to your ear. Making a rubber band guitar is a fairly simple task and something that will provide for a lot of entertainment for the kids. Position the rubber bands so that they are right over the tissue hole. Sounds travel better through solids like your finger than through gases like the air.

Wrap four large rubber bands around the box lengthwise. The thinner strings on your rubber band guitar are the same they vibrate more quickly and we perceive these vibrations as a higher pitched sound. Try to use thick and thin rubber bands. To make this easier each group can build a rubber band guitar shown in figure 2.

Stretch the rubber band around the tissue box so it goes across. When you held the rubber band down the sound. The dowel will hold the rubber bands securely in place. In the following article we will take you through the ways in which this can be done.

You want to end up with two rubber bands on the left side of the tube and two rubber bands on the right side of the tube.