Red Hat Instrument Kit Hookup Guide

Part 1: Drawing your Instrument

What is an instrument? This is kind of a weird question, right? Really, a musical instrument is anything you can use to produce sound. Guitars, gourds, seashells, pianos ― used the right way, they can all be instruments.

For the purposes of this kit, a musical instrument is a device that lets us make sounds and control their pitch ― how high or low they are. Using your conductive paint/ink, make a long line on your piece of paper. Be sure to draw at least one solid block of ink near the edge of the paper. You’ll be able to redesign your instrument later and be really creative in how it takes shape, but for now just make a thin line.