Musical Tiles

We made a grid of tiles that you can press for music!

ALL MATERIALS CAN BE SCALED UP OR DOWN IN SIZE

Tools:

Cutting board

Box Cutter

Wire Cutters

Wire Stripper

Anything to poke holes in foamboard (we used a small screwdriver)

Materials:

4 4x4 Pieces of Foamboard

4 3x3 Matboard Frames (2.5x2.5 Square removed from the center)

4 3x3 Pieces of Chipboard

1 10x10 Matboard for mounting (minimum size)

8 3x3 Tin Foil

8 1.5 Inch Long Pieces of Copper Tape

8-9 inch wires x8 (2 colors, 4 per color)

Lots of Tape (Preferably not Scotch & More than you think)

Makey-Makey

Center then tape one piece of foil onto each piece of chipboard.

Center then tape one piece of foil onto each piece of foam board.

Poke 2 holes through each foil and foamboard pair, away from each other and near the edge so that the wire will fit under the frame

Start by stripping about 0.5-1 inch from each side of all of the wires.

Feed 1 wire into each hole on the foam core boards. (1 wire of each color per board)

Using copper tape attach 1 color of wire to the foil on the foam board within 0.5 inches of the edge.

Put the remaining untaped wire through the center of the frame.

Using copper tape attach the other color of wire to the chipboard foil within 0.5 inches of the edge.

Tape the Frame down to the foam board

Tape the chipboard to the frame and foam board while making sure to keep the taped wires under them

Attach the other ends of the wires to their respective places on the Makey-Makey

All of one color wire should go to ground

The other wires should be attached to the buttons you plan to use in scratch

Create 4 scratch programs using the formula in the image

Use different sounds for each one

Make sure to have the buttons set to the ones you have your tiles attached to on your Makey-Makey

Try It!

If it doesn't work move some things around, troubleshoot, and repair. The process isn't super scientific, figure it out.