How to play a record with a £5 note

You’ll need a record player, a record and a new five pound note.

Place the corner of the fiver in the record grooves. You should be able to hear the music on the record.

Try curving the note a little, to make it easier to hear.

The fiver is made from a plastic polymer.

It acts like the stylus on a record player, by vibrating as the corner rides the bumps in the grooves of the record.

But unlike the stylus, which converts the vibration into an electrical signal, the fiver turns the vibrations straight into sound waves.

GIRL 1: Bend the top of the note — it amplifies the sound and it's louder.

GIRL 2: Yeah, and trailing the note also helps, like to keep it in the groove.

BOY 1: So it's like bumps in the vinyl, and then it like goes up into the fiver, which then makes it like a speaker.

BOY 2: When you put the money on the record, while the money is going over the vibrations, it's vibrating into the note and then giving you the sound.

BOY 1: That is quite a good idea, that, isn't it?

BOY 3: I'm going to show my parents this — they'll probably love it.