Making Wood Folk Instruments

Introduce the kids to some toy instruments they're sure to love--a bleach-bottle banjo, garden-hose bugle, washtub bass, or flowerpot chimes. Or create your own authentic folk instrument: Renaissance psaltery, hammered dulcimer, teardrop fiddle, or Celtic harp. How to make all these projects is fully explained here, along with playing instructions and a fun collection. "Irresistible."-- "Fine Woodworking . "Recommended."-- "LJ . 160 pages, 200 b/w illus., 8 1/2 x 10 3/4.

Instructions on how to build and play over 50 instruments including dulcimer, zither, kazoo, washboard, spoons, rattles, digeridoo, drums, banjo, xylophone, flute and Celtic harp.

Written for adults, this hands-on guide demonstrates how to make easy musical instruments with children. Detailed instructions are included for making more than 60 unique instruments that are suitable for children as young as five years. Serving as a resource in the classroom or home, this manual is extensively illustrated with drawings and photographs along with an audio sample of the instruments in lively solo and ensemble pieces.

Includes material on "rhythm sticks and rasps," bells, rattles, gongs, xylophones, thumb pianos, drums, stringed instruments, and flutes.

Throughout history, music has been an important accompaniment to other art forms, most notably drama, and to traditional rituals. Today, music dominates the arts. It is broadcast to the farthest corners of the globe by means of radio, film, television, musical theatre, and the Internet. Live performances, meanwhile, have never ceased to entertain, inform, and impact contemporary society. This comprehensive volume examines music notation, sound, and structure; musical composition and form; the various characteristics of instruments as well as their classification and history, including electronic instruments; musical performance and expression; and styles and genres of music in Western cultures.

Previously published: Folk instruments. Photos, diagrams, and step-by-step instructions describe how to build 50 folk instruments.