A diddley-bow is a one-stringed DIY instrument that’s as fun to play as it is to say. Here’s how you make one using a scrap piece of wood, screws, a wire, & some nuts and bolts. Just strum the string and press anything smooth along the wire to change the pitch. This ol’ instrument can be made w just about anything. In the American south in the early 1900s, children would nail a broom wire to the side of a house and play it w a bottle. We made this one for our Awesome Issue to demonstrate the awe
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A diddley-bow is a one-stringed DIY instrument that’s as fun to play as it is to say. Here’s how you make one using a scrap piece of wood, screws, a wire, & some nuts and bolts. Just strum the string and press anything smooth along the wire to change the pitch. This ol’ instrument can be made w just about anything. In the American south in the early 1900s, children would nail a broom wire to the side of a house and play it w a bottle. We made this one for our Awesome Issue to demonstrate the awe
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