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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
Formats
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
Language
English
Description
Leo Fender's company changed the course of popular music in 1954 when they introduced the Stratocaster. Since then, the Strat has been played by countless guitarists, from Jimi Hendrix to Buddy Guy and Jeff Beck. In this book, interviews with important Strat players from every decade illustrate the instrument's versatility, playability, and continuing importance. This is the complete story of the Stratocaster and the Fender company, from the struggles...
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
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.
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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"--
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Language
English
Description
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...
16) Instrument
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Language
English
Description
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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Language
Español
Description
Los músicos están expuestos, más que la mayoría de las profesiones, a lesiones musculares y articulares debido a la repetición de sus movimientos. La mejor manera de prevenirlas es enseñando desde los comienzos la más óptima colocación del instrumento y evitar las alteraciones en el sistema postural.
Este libro ofrece los recursos necesarios en cada tipo de instrumento para mejorar la postura interpretativa y evitar lesiones que mermen el...
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Español
Description
El presente libro tiene como propósito analizar las proyecciones en la música actual de la modalidad idiomática y las técnicas extendidas de ejecución del siku, la quena y el charango. El objetivo principal es decodificar los alcances productivos que podrían tener en la composición musical y la utilización de estos recursos, desde un soporte organológico precolombino (quena y siku) y colonial (charango). Estos tres instrumentos del área...
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Language
English
Description
Since the thirteenth century, the sitara stringed, plucked instrument of Indiahas transformed into an instrument beloved by millions in its country of origin as well as all over the world. The Journey of the Sitar in Indian Classical Music details the origin, history, and playing styles of this unique stringed instrument. Dr. Swarn Lata relies on more than thirty-five years of experience teaching sitar to students from diverse cultures and communities...
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Español
Description
"(Lorica, 1920-Bogotá, 2004) Manuel ha sido uno de los más importantes reivindicadores de los aportes de las comunidades afrodescendientes a la cultura colombiana y latinoamericana. Médico de profesión, antropólogo por vocación, divulgador cultural en revistas, periódicos y radio y, ante todo, un excepcional escritor -su obra incluye cuentos, relatos, obras de teatro, novelas, artículos y ensayos-, puede considerarse como uno de los primeros...
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