Field Trip
Stringed Instruments
Grade Level
Elementary
Location
São Paulo, Brazil
Name
Laikabot Laikamaker by Laikabot
Building
Guiding Questions

Can you think of other items (like a broomstick) that you could make an instrument out of?

Which of these instruments is the most interesting to you? Why?

When you hear these instruments, how do you feel?

Vocabulary
Luthiera
Arduino
Acoustic
Electronic
Laikabot Laikabot Laikabot
Location
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Name
The Pencilina by Bradford Reed
Building
Guiding Questions

Does this instrument look like another instrument you know?

What word would you use to describe how this instrument sounds?

If this was your instrument, what would you name it? Why?

Vocabulary
Zither
Location
Portland, Oregon
Name
Volatile by Scott Jenerik
Building
Guiding Questions

What makes this instrument different from other stringed instruments?

Do you like the way this instrument sounds? Why or why not?

When you hear this musical excerpt, what do you feel?

Vocabulary
Amplified
Location
Copenhagen, Denmark
Name
The YAK by Katrine Amsler
Building
Guiding Questions

What do you notice about how this instrument is played? How is that similar or different to the stringed instruments we’ve talked about?

What do you notice about the sound this instrument makes? Do you like it? Why or why not?

What words could you use to describe this instrument?

Location
Oslo, Norway
Name
Robot Guitar by Jonas Zhi Wen Ng Langdal and Sindre Haverstad Kvalsvik
Building
Guiding Questions

How does this guitar look similar to one you may have seen before?

How does it look different?

How does it sound similar/different?

What do you notice about the way this instrument is played?

Vocabulary
Electronic