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Journey around the globe to explore a musical cave, peek inside a piano, and find out how to play an instrument without touching it. From ancient instruments made from shells to instruments that make music with lightning, discover an orchestra of instruments you can shake, pluck, scrape, hit, and blow-and how you can make your own. Grouped into percussion instruments, wind, and string, as well as the weird and wonderful that defy categorization, Around the World in 80 Musical Instruments covers traditional instruments from various cultures, such as the gamelan and mbira, as well as the creations of modern artists and musicians, such as the Wintergatan Marble Machine and the eerie-sounding yaybahar. Readers will even discover a band that plays exclusively on instruments fashioned from fresh vegetables and makes the scraps into soup to serve to the audience! Includes a stunning central gatefold that opens out to reveal all 80 trees and how they relate to each other in families. A visual celebration of the huge variety of musical instruments found across the globe, from those you know to those you almost certainly don't!
From award-winning author Annette Bay Pimentel comes an oversize nonfiction picture book exploring how music and musical instruments are made—across time and around the world Music doesn’t come out of nothing. It always starts somewhere . . . with something . . . with someone. Discover how music is made in this survey of musical instruments from around the world. Organized by material—from wood to gourds to found objects and more—Before Music marries a lyrical core text with tons of informational material for curious readers. In the narrative text, readers will encounter makers as they source their materials and craft instruments by hand, drawing the line from the natural world to the finished product and its sound. The sidebars offer much more to discover, including extensive instrument lists, short bios of musical innovators, and more.
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A collection of tales originating in countries around the world and featuring a musical instrument native to each country.
Gives an introduction to some unusual musical instruments and their characteristics. Includes activities.
A book of stories which trace the origins of modern musical instruments and the careers of some interesting and little known musicians responsible for developing them.
Did you know that musical instruments are used to make music? People play a piano by pushing its keys. Discover these and other interesting facts in Musical Instruments. Musical Instruments is part of the new EYEDISCOVER collection of AV2 books.