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Explore over 50 common and uncommon instruments as showcased by a fun group of animals. Learn interesting, practical and curious things about music and making music. Discover instruments of all kinds-- from the electric guitar and steelpan to the theremin, from viola to vibraphone to ukulele. Listen through QR codes on each page to a piece of music composed to showcase every instrument by an award-winning musician-- and to a full band that brings...
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Make some noise by creating your own homemade musical instruments. Crafters practice comprehension skills as they use text and diagrams to follow the steps for each project. The activities push students to learn and apply domain-specific vocabulary, practice new techniques, and build on concepts that may already be familiar. Other tools, including an index and additional resources, encourage readers to locate information and explore further independently....
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Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"This book presents the authentic stories of American DIY music, with step-by-step projects, photo studies of antique instruments, interviews with music legends, and historical accounts. Shane Speal, the King of the Cigar Box Guitar, shows how anyone can build amazing musical instruments from found items"--
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"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...
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Backbeat Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
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Featuring inspirational pieces by some of today's premier inlay artists, plus concise how-to instructions and illustrations, this is an unsurpassed creative and technical advisor on the dazzling art of inlay. Written by the inlay artist for Hot Tuna, Fleetwood Mac, and other stars, it reveals the art and science behind remarkable inlays on musical instruments and objets d'art. This book is both a celebration of this woodworking art and a hands-on...
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Fox Chapel
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2011.
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English
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Readers can follow along with Orr as he guides them through the making of eight of the most creative instruments they'll find anywhere. From a one-string guitar made from a soup can to a hubcap banjo and even a stand-up guitar made from a vintage ironing board, they'll make instruments that look great, sound great, and deliver some foot stompin' fun. 160 pp.
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Music is for everyone - no prior experience required! Make Music! invites kids and families to celebrate the joy of sound with a variety of inventive activities, including playing dandelion trumpets, conducting percussion conversations, and composing their own pieces.
Musician and educator Norma Jean Haynes brings the pioneering work of Ann Sayre Wiseman and John Langstaff to a new generation of kids aged 5 and up, focusing on the playfulness, spontaneity,...
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The incredible diversity of the bass guitar is revealed in this newly revised, all-inclusive style guide. Each chapter covers particular styles or families of styles, gradually introducing players to techniques that will allow them to get the most out of their instrument and easily increase their bass repertoire. More than 400 bass grooves are presented, spanning an excess of 100 styles that musicians can follow along with on each of the two accompanying...
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Albatros
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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A comprehensive overview of the origin of the world's best-known musical instruments, presenting many fascinating facts along the way. Niccolo the cricket would like to become a musician. But which instrument should he start with? The violin? The guitar? The trumpet? All at once? Well, he does have six limbs, so why not? In any case, Niccolo and his trusty companion Luciano the nightingale travel the world as they learn about musical instruments...
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[Createspace Independent Publishing Platform]
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©2010
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English
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New Solution for beginners! Learn piano in MINUTES with this unique illustrated guide. * Wish you knew the basics? * Don’t have a lot of extra time (or patience)? Fast & fun tutorial – easy learning tricks + memory tips! Quick visuals – so you don’t need a piano to follow along. 10 minutes is all it takes because a picture is worth a thousand words. Learning piano from "text-heavy" books can be dry & complicated. With new Smart Funnies 10-minute...
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To play the flute with a clear and convincing sound depends on the understanding of the physical concepts required to make the instrument sound without using undue force and applying just the right amount of physical help where needed. Edmund Raas has explored and taught these fine-points for over 60 years. Born in Switzerland, he has been influenced by the teachings of Emil Niosi (pupil of the great Georges Barrre), Hugo Haldemann, Jean-Pierre Rampal...
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Instruments tell stories through their appearance as much as through their sound.
Pat Graham's photographs capture the intimate relationship between musician and instrument told by the signs of wear of fingers on frets or keys, chips, scratches, and modifications by the artists who have played, beaten on, bled over, and made them their own.
For more than ten years, Graham has been documenting these amazing instruments and collecting stories about...
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