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Learn how to make eight of the most unique and imaginative instruments found anywhere - from a one-string guitar made from a soup can, to a hubcap banjo. Author Mike Orr takes you inside the growing trend of handmade music and shows you how with a little creativity and some salvaged parts, you can create your own arsenal of instruments that look good, sound great, and deliver some foot stompin' fun!
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"Humans created musical instruments long before they created a written language. Even birds and monkeys make music. Students will learn these facts and more as they explore the sights and sounds of the world of music. Accompanied by colorful images and patterns that are easy to reproduce using a copier or printer, accessible step-by-step directions instruct students how to make panpipes, a colonial drum, maracas, a ukulele, and six other unique instruments....
7) Plucking
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Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Presents an introduction to string instruments, in simple text with illustrations, exploring the different ways music can be made when strings are plucked of played.
8) Banging
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Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Presents an introduction to the different things one can bang to make music, in simple text with illustrations, including information on drums, cymbals, a xylophone, and a triangle.
13) Let's make music
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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From shaking a tambourine to strumming a ukulele to beating a drum, early readers are introduced to common musical instruments, the way they are played, and the sounds they make.
14) Striking sounds
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English
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How do percussion instruments shout Striking Sounds? With hands, sticks, and mallets! Includes glossary, critical thinking questions, and sheet music.
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2005.
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English
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"Circus fun": See performances by trapeze artists, acrobats, elephants and more! Go behind the scenes with Mister Rogers and learn how clowns put on their make-up and talk with some of the many other people who work at the circus. "Music adventure": Mister Rogers visits a friend who has a fascinating collection of musical instruments from around the world.
16) Las trompetas
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Pub. Date
2019.
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Español
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Aprende todo de las trumpetas.
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2011.
Language
English
Description
A lone trombone playing solo is joined by various instruments, one by one, to create a joyous music performance in the lead story Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin. Other stories include Musical Max, when the neighbors start complaining about the noise Max stops practicing his trombone, bass, xylophone, flute, harmonica, cymbals, and synthesizer.
18) Music: an illustrated history : an encyclopedia of musical instruments and the art of music-making
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Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
People have been playing music on homemade instruments for thousands of years. But creating new instruments is much more than an art form. When you want to make a note sound higher or lower, you have to change the sound waves coming out of the instrument. That's science! When you explore the way different materials produce different sounds, that's engineering. When you speed up or slow down a song, you're counting beats -- using math. And technology...
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[2016]
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English
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"A collection of DIY musical instruments made from everyday materials. Projects include audio effect generators, a sequencer, an electric ukulele, a PVC slide-whistle, and an acoustic-electric thumb piano. Features step-by-step, illustrated instructions, modifications, and a soldering primer. Touches on topics like circuits, harmonics, wind instrument physics, and music theory"--
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