I. Preparing your materials. material list

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1 Come and join Phil s daughter, Sarah, as she builds a working set of panpipes. She shows you how to prepare your materials and guides you step-by-step in assembling your instrument. She also covers a number of helpful tips on how to play your panpipes so you will sound your best. You will learn special exercises to develop your playing technique, and some great songs to play by yourself and with your friends. To help you learn faster, Phil and Sarah have included both sheet music and play along tracks for each song. uilding and Playing Panpipes by Phil & Sarah Tulga Table of Contents Page I. Preparing your materials 2 II. uilding your panpipes 3 III. How to play your panpipes 4 IV. Playing techniques 5 - Scale - Take ig reaths - Tonguing Exercise V. eginning songs 6 - When the Saints Go Marching In - Lightly Row - Go Tell unt Rhody - Matarile (folk song from Mexico) - Oh Susanna VI. Intermediate songs 8 - Ode to Joy (eethoven) - Song of the Dragon (Chinese New Year song) - Camptown Races - Oh My Darling Clementine - Tue Tue (folk song from Ghana) - This Land is Your Land - On Top of Old Smokey - Daisy/icycle uilt for Two - Home on the Range VII. Playing with a friend 13 - Hot Cross uns (duet) - Mary Had a Little Lamb (duet) - Yankee Doodle (duet) - Good Night Ladies (duet) - Shoo Fly, Don t other Me (duet) - Jingle ells (duet) - Jolly Old St. Nicholas (duet) VIII. Playing with four or more 16 - Row Row Row Your oat (4-part round) - Frère Jacques/re You Sleeping (4-part round) - Taps IX Science Olympiad ddendum 17 Copyright Phil Tulga Music, P.O. ox 60771, Sacramento, C ll Rights Reserved. It is unlawful to reproduce, distribute, or transmit any part of this publication in any form or by any means without permission from the publisher.

2 I. Preparing your materials material list One yard (36 inches) of schedule-40, 1/2 inch PVC sprinkler pipe Roll of Duct Tape Eight pennies PVC pipe cutter (not a hacksaw) Ruler Pencil Scissors Marker Pen b Step 1: Use your ruler and pencil to measure and mark your PVC pipe to the eight lengths on the right, i.e., C, D, E, F, G,,, C. Inches Centimeters C 6 1/ D 5 3/ E 4 3/ F 4 7/ G 3 15/ b 3 7/ /4 8.1 minor 7 C 2 13/ n optional Major 7th: natural Major 7 n Note: Our music will not use ( natural). However, I have also listed it here for those of you who want your instrument to play the Major 7th in the scale. Step 2: With a PVC cutter (not a hacksaw), cut the pipe at each of your marks. Try to make each cut as straight as possible straight cuts will produce panpipes that are in-tune. Step 3: Cut 2 X 2 square pieces of duct tape. If you re using the thicker professional grade tape cut eight squares. If you re using the thinner inexpensive tape cut sixteen squares. Step 4: rrange your pipes (long to short), your pennies, and your duct tape squares. Copyright 2004 Phil Tulga page 2

3 II. uilding your panpipes Step 5: Place a penny on one end of each pipe and cover with a duct tape square again, apply two duct tape squares if you re using thinnergrade tape. Note: Make sure the penny is directly over the center of the tube and the duct tape completely covers the penny. The duct tape must form an air tight seal for the panpipes to play correctly. Step 6: lign your tubes (longest to shortest) on an 18-inch strip of duct tape. Notice how the open holes line up with each other evenly. rrange the tubes so that the open-hole ends are 3/4 of an inch above the duct tape strip. Step 7: Wrap the tape around your set of panpipes and seal. Step 8: Mark your tubes 1 through 8, with 1 being the longest and 8 being the shortest. Copyright 2004 Phil Tulga page 3

4 III. How to play your panpipes Step 9: Place your index finger on your chin and bottom lip. This is how it feels to play panpipes. When you play your panpipes the tubes should touch your chin and bottom lip. lso, form a hole with your lips and blow air across the top of your finger. Note: You must keep your cheeks from being puffed. You DO NOT want to puff your cheeks when you play your pan pipes. Step 10: Hold you panpipes so they are straight up and down not tilted left or right. low across each tube. It s just like blowing across the top of a soda bottle. Start with the shortest tube it s the easiest to play. troubleshooting tips If you re having problems, try this: 1) Check that the pennies are on the middle of each tube and the duct tape is firmly sealed (step 5). lso, if your duct tape is thin, make sure to use two pieces. Each day, before you play your panpipes, check to make sure your duct tape is tightly pushed around the tube and penny especially if you store your panpipes in a hot area. 2) Look in the mirror to see how you re playing. Is your instrument straight up and down? Check your playing technique (step 9) and don t let your cheeks puff out. 3) Make sure there is a full 3/4 of an inch (steps 6 & 7) between the top of your panpipes and the duct tape don t wrap your tape up to the top of the tubes. Copyright 2004 Phil Tulga page 4

5 IV. Playing techniques b Your panpipes play eight different pitches, i.e., C, D, E, F, G,,, and C. In our music, we ll use the pipe numbers (1-8) instead of the pitch names. You can also hear each musical example by playing the track number in your . To hear the below Scale example, play track number 1. Track 1 Scale The most important technique in playing a wind instrument like panpipes is breathing or providing enough breath support. In this exercise, take big breaths between each of your notes. lso, notice that we are playing the pitch F, which is tube number 4. Track 2 Take ig reaths ll wind instruments use a technique called tonguing. It quickly fills your instrument with air and produces a clean beginning to your sound. To tongue, simply whisper the sound Tu as you start each note. When you do this you are striking the tip of the tongue on the back of the top teeth. Track 3 Tonguing Exercise Copyright 2004 Phil Tulga page 5

6 V. eginning songs Track 4 When the Saints Go Marching In Track 5 Lightly Row Copyright 2004 Phil Tulga page 6

7 Track 6 Go Tell unt Rhody Track 7 Matarile folk song from Mexico Track 8 Oh Susanna Copyright 2004 Phil Tulga page 7

8 VI. Intermediate songs Track 9 Ode To Joy eethoven Track 10 Song of the Dragon Chinese New Year song Copyright 2004 Phil Tulga page 8

9 Track 11 Camptown Races Track 12 Oh My Darling Clementine Track 13 Tue Tue folk song from Ghana Copyright 2004 Phil Tulga page 9

10 Track 14 This Land is Your Land Woody Guthrie Track 15 On Top of Old Smokey Copyright 2004 Phil Tulga page 10

11 Track 16 Daisy/icycle uilt for Two Copyright 2004 Phil Tulga page 11

12 Track 17 Home on the Range Copyright 2004 Phil Tulga page 12

13 VII. Playing with a friend Here are some duets songs for two players. Part is the melody and part is the accompaniment. One person plays the line while the other plays the line. Then, switch parts for the second time through the song. Track 18 Hot Cross uns (duet) Track 19 Mary Had a Little Lamb (duet) Track 20 Yankee Doodle (duet) Copyright 2004 Phil Tulga page 13

14 Track 21 Good Night Ladies (duet) Track 22 Shoo Fly, Don t other Me (duet) Copyright 2004 Phil Tulga page 14

15 Track 23 Jingle ells (duet) Track 24 Jolly Old St. Nicholas (duet) Copyright 2004 Phil Tulga page 15

16 VIII. Playing with four or more Track 25 Row Row Row Your oat play as a Round C D Track 26 Frère Jacques/re You Sleeping play as a Round C D Track 27 Taps everyone plays together Copyright 2004 Phil Tulga page 16

17 IX Science Olympiad ddendum F3 sounds of music event If you re building an instrument for the 2011 High School Science Olympiad Competition, the tube lengths on the right will apply to Wind Instrument Instrument 1. We have included all 27 pitches in the allowable scoring range between F3 and G5. dditionally, we have highlighted the exact pitches that are required for the C Major Scale between (C4 to C5). The required song, included in the 2011 Science Olympiad Rules Manual, is Shenandoah. The starting note for this song is D4, as shown on the table to the right. The tubes are tuned and calibrated to an -440 at 72 degrees Fahrenheit. The frequencies they produce are precisely based on the 12 tone tempered scale. You will notice that each octave is divided into twelve equal semitones. Since the frequency ratio of the octave is 2, the frequency ratio s of this semitone is given by the equation: s 12 = 2; s = 12 2 = To obtain the best possible sound, we recommend that you glue the pennies (instead of the duct tape method described on page 3) using an all-purpose glue like Loctite Stick n Seal Waterproof dhesive. dditionally, just for the 8 lowest pitches (F3 to C4), we recommend that you use 3/4-inch schedule-40 pipe (with a quarter on the bottom of each tube), rather than the 1/2-inch pipe (with pennies). Since the pitch of each tube is determined by its length, not its diameter, this change will not affect its tuning. Pitch Name Tube Length in Centimeters Frequency in Hertz F F# G G# b C C# D Eb E F F# G G# b C C# D Eb E F F# G G5 Intonation can vary depending on the player s breath support and technique. For the absolute best results, we recommend that you use an inexpensive tuner to fine-tune each of your tubes, like the Korg C-40 Chromatic Tuner that sells for approximately $15. Copyright Phil Tulga page 17