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Book Musical Instrument Design

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bart Hopkin
  • Publisher : See Sharp Press
  • Release : 1996-01-01
  • ISBN : 1884365833
  • Pages : 589 pages

Download or read book Musical Instrument Design written by Bart Hopkin and published by See Sharp Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an encyclopedic, large-format book containing hundreds of illustrations. While not geared toward making conventional instruments, Musical Instrument Design provides all the information that anyone (amateur or professional) should ever need to construct an amazingly wide variety of percussion, string, and wind instruments. Includes many designs along with parts lists and detailed construction instructions.

Book Making Simple Musical Instruments

Download or read book Making Simple Musical Instruments written by Bart Hopkin and published by Lark Books (NC). This book was released on 1999-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using everyday items, a melodious collection of strings, winds, drums & more. Illus.

Book Making Musical Instruments with Kids

Download or read book Making Musical Instruments with Kids written by Bart Hopkin and published by See Sharp Press. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book The Musical Instrument Desk Reference

Download or read book The Musical Instrument Desk Reference written by Michael J. Pagliaro and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Musical Instrument Desk Reference, Michael Pagliaro, musical instrument authority extraordinaire, provides the one-stop shop for those in need of a quick, visually-rich reference guide to band and orchestral instruments. Descriptions and illustrations of everything from the physics of sound to detailed discussions of each orchestra and band instrument make this work the ideal desktop reference tool for the working musician. Through its Quick Start and In Depth features, readers can quickly decide how deeply they want to delve into the instrument at hand. Following a contemporary format designed to facilitate what any musician or music instructor needs to know, The Musical Instrument Desk Reference eliminates the need to leaf through multiple method books or trawl through websites to find information. The Musical Instrument Desk Reference includes general information on fingering, the anatomy of musical instruments, sound production, amplification, and control, as well as the science of sound. Readers will find individual chapters on woodwinds, brass instruments, non-fretted string instruments, and percussion instruments. In each category, Pagliaro delves deeper, describing for woodwinds such things as tuning, key systems, fingerings, sound production, tone holes, assembly, materials, embouchures, and reed use; for brass instruments such matters as valve systems, fingering patterns, French horn types, mouthpiece selection, and intonation; for non-fretted string instruments such issues as tuning and fingering, playing position, bowing technique, instrument parts, and materials; and for percussion instruments such elements as instrument types and their classifications, tuning procedures, and accessories. The Musical Instrument Desk Reference is the perfect guide for anyone interested in or responsible for working with varieties of instruments and their players. Teachers, students, teachers in training, music instructors, instrument technicians, and musicians can quickly locate any specific detail related to any band or orchestral instrument.

Book Making Musical Instruments

Download or read book Making Musical Instruments written by Irving Sloane and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Musical Instruments

    Book Details:
  • Author : Murray Campbell
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9780198165040
  • Pages : 532 pages

Download or read book Musical Instruments written by Murray Campbell and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reference guide to musical instruments.

Book Making Gourd Musical Instruments

Download or read book Making Gourd Musical Instruments written by Ginger Summit and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides step-by-step instructions for making, decorating, and playing more than sixty string, wind, and percussion instruments made from gourds, along with numerous color photos and cultural information on the instruments' places of origin.

Book Musical Instruments

    Book Details:
  • Author : J. Kenneth Moore
  • Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Release : 2015-10-13
  • ISBN : 1588395626
  • Pages : 198 pages

Download or read book Musical Instruments written by J. Kenneth Moore and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful appreciation of musical instruments features more than one hundred extraordinary pieces from the Metropolitan Museum’s collection. Whether created to entertain a royal court, provide personal solace, or aid in rites and rituals, these instruments fully demonstrate music’s universal resonance and the ingenuity various cultures have deployed for musical expression. The results are astoundingly diverse: from Bronze Age cymbals and sistra to violins made by Stradivari, monumental slit drums from Oceania, and iconic twentieth-century American guitars. Stunning new photographs and a lively text reveal these objects to be works of both musical and visual art, as well as marvels of technology and masterpieces of design. Depictions of instruments and music making—paintings, statues, and pottery—further illuminate the narrative, providing a vivid counterpoint to these remarkable objects.

Book Musical Instruments of the World  Grades 5   8

Download or read book Musical Instruments of the World Grades 5 8 written by Ammons and published by Mark Twain Media. This book was released on 2003-07-30 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a musical tour with students in grades 5 and up using Musical Instruments of the World! This 80-page text explains the history and evolution of musical instruments. It also includes information on the development of music on each continent; percussion, brass, string, and wind instruments; and a discussion on symphonies, chamber orchestras, and other ensembles. The book presents information through fun activities and interesting facts for maximum learning reinforcement. It covers music terminology extensively and includes a glossary and answer keys.

Book The Making of Stringed Instruments

Download or read book The Making of Stringed Instruments written by George Buchanan and published by Batsford. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With clear instructions and over 500 detailed diagrams, Buchanan provides a practical guide to making a range of stringed instruments such as a violin, a classical guitar, a viola, a cello, a mandolin and a mandola, all in straight-forward terms.

Book Plinka Plinka Shake Shake

Download or read book Plinka Plinka Shake Shake written by Emma Garcia and published by All about Sounds. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maracas shake, cymbals crash, and the kazoo goes WHA WOO. Every page in this installment of the All About Sounds series invites children to pick up an instrument and play a tune. Full color.

Book The Making of Musical Instruments

Download or read book The Making of Musical Instruments written by Thomas Campbell Young and published by London ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1939 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Play from the Soul

    Book Details:
  • Author : Keith Hill
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2018-05-02
  • ISBN : 9781986663892
  • Pages : 382 pages

Download or read book Play from the Soul written by Keith Hill and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-02 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to make art that moves people, understand more of how the universe works, or find deeper spirituality? If that sounds like you, read this book. In this trailblazing, comprehensive guide to aesthetic science, Keith Hill offers thirty creative mechanisms that activate the Soul, thirty-five universal principles, and an entirely new explanation of how human beings function. You will learn how to "feed" your Soul in a way that stimulates creativity and insight, and you will discover how to use your senses-all 133 of them-to create excellence in art, work, and life.

Book Acoustics of Musical Instruments

Download or read book Acoustics of Musical Instruments written by Antoine Chaigne and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-05-12 with total page 855 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, the first English-language translation of Acoustique des instruments de musique, Second Edition, presents the necessary foundations for understanding the complex physical phenomena involved in musical instruments. What is the function of the labium in a flute? Which features of an instrument allow us to make a clear audible distinction between a clarinet and a trumpet? With the help of numerous examples, these questions are addressed in detail. The authors focus in particular on the significant results obtained in the field during the last fifteen years. Their goal is to show that elementary physical models can be used with benefit for various applications in sound synthesis, instrument making, and sound recording. The book is primarily addressed to graduate students and researchers; however it could also be of interest for engineers, musicians, craftsmen, and music lovers who wish to learn about the basics of musical acoustics.

Book Sound Designs

    Book Details:
  • Author : Reinhold Banek
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1995
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 232 pages

Download or read book Sound Designs written by Reinhold Banek and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text has plans for 50 musical instruments, including over 100 drawings and photographs. It teaches the reader how to build their own musical instruments, using knowledge of a variety of diverse cultures from around the world. It includes instruments such as: oil drum gongs, thumb pianos, cowbells, tube drums and willow whistles. All necessary materials can either be purchased or found in nature or a junkyard.

Book Making Musical Instruments from Junk

Download or read book Making Musical Instruments from Junk written by Nick Penny and published by A & C Black. This book was released on 2005 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a wealth of ideas for making satisfying musical instruments from everyday materials. It is aimed at children aged eight and upwards who can work on their own with occasional adult help. The book will include 12 practical projects, with step by step instructions and photographs. There are also sections on choosing appropriate materials, and design and decoration techniques. The book encourages children to develop their own ideas, as well as offering tried and tested design and technology techniques which are guaranteed to work.

Book Great Folk Instruments to Make   Play

Download or read book Great Folk Instruments to Make Play written by Dennis Waring and published by New York : Sterling Pub. ; Winnipeg : Tamos Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.