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Author
Publisher
No Starch Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xxv, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
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--
Making music doesn't have to be about dropping big bucks in the guitar...
Author
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Discusses the history of music and musical instruments, and offers step-by-step instructions for simple music projects, including a water trombone, a drum, and a pegboard instrument.
Author
Publisher
Boxer Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Looks at a variety of musical instruments and their distinctive sounds, from the bongos that go "pata, pata" and kazoos that go "wha, woo" to the ukulele that goes "plinka, plinka" and the castanets that go "click, clack."
Author
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Meeow the cat and his friends find fun and inventive things to do with a cupboard full of pots and pans.
Author
Publisher
Norwood House Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A rollicking text about the fun and sounds of music making. Introductionary look at decoding multiple words using the -ng suffix. Each title includes a note to caregiver and word list"--
Author
Series
The invention hunters volume 4
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the Invention Hunters visit a music store, a child helps them understand common concepts related to sound, including vibration, echoes, and sonic booms, and how objects such as drums and microphones work.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"The band is assembled and the band director is ready to tell you all about the instruments, but an enthusiastic little drummer girl keeps interrupting"--
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
121 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The illustrations were commissioned Christmas card designs for the charity Help Musicians UK, produced at a rate of one painting a year ... the stories are a series of lullabies for adults" -- Introduction.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little Genius Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
John and Emma visit an orchestra during practice where they listen as each instrument gets a chance to play, in this STEAM-themed board book with energetic illustrations and rhyming text.
17) Karen's tuba
Author
Series
Baby-sitters little sister volume 37
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When everyone in her class is given musical instruments, Karen is dismayed to find she must play a big, old tuba instead of the elegant flute she wanted
18) Music
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
165 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines what music is and how scientific principles help control how it is made, and describes the history of different types of musical instruments and electronic sound synthesizers.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 34 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
An inspector seeks to solve a murder mystery at the symphony by questioning each of the musical instruments.
20) Play this book
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and simple, rhyming text invite the reader to try various instruments and join a band.
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