Rubber Band Guitar Strings

Use six strings and tune them exactly like a guitar.

Rubber band guitar strings.

The btt instrument building lab is a series of instructional videos that will show you how to b. If your rubber bands are long enough you can stretch them all the way up the neck. To make a rubber band guitar you ll need a tissue box 4 rubber bands scissors a paper towel tube tape glue popsicle sticks or straws and paint or stickers for decorating. Every one of them will sound different.

These concepts all apply to real guitars and other instruments as well. Pick the one that makes the best melody and play it. The sound made by your instrument was the sound created by the rubber band vibrating when you plucked it much like how a real guitar string vibrates when played by a musician. And two it can be turned into a crafts project that you can sit with your kids and carry through together.

You now have a working guitar model. By carefully manipulating these variables for example using rubber bands that are all the same length but different thickness you can create a rubber band guitar with multiple strings that each have a different pitch. All about building cool string instruments with rubber bands.