Make Your Own Marimbas contains illustrated instructions for making your own marimbas. It includes instructions for these instruments: Box-resonated diatonic marimba for 3 players; Pipe-resonated diatonic marimba for 3 players; Bass marimba for 2 players; Minimarimba. - See more at: http://www.beatinpathpublications.com/JMadin/home.html#MYOM

Making music is fun, but it’s even more fun when you make the musical instruments, too! Readers follow a series of step-by-step instructions to create their own musical instruments, such as bongo drums, tambourines, and guitars. Each step is presented to readers through clear text and detailed photographs. Accessible language and a colorful design help replicate the feeling of a makerspace, a place of creativity where people learn together. Learning to make a variety of musical instruments is a fun way to foster that sense of creativity in readers.

Makerspaces are all about teaching through collaboration. This title grabs the attention of young people who are musically as well as technically inclined by showing them that they can make their own instruments—literally. Recent technologies such as 3-D printing and Arduino microcontrollers allow virtually anyone to make a fully functioning instrument. This resource shows young people exactly how to take advantage of the burgeoning makerspaces phenomenon with expert interviews and information on “meet-ups” where like-minded musicians can share their knowledge.