Musical Instruments | TheBookSeekers

Musical Instruments


Traditions From Around the World

No. of pages 48

Published: 2001

Great for age 9-12 years

Add this book to your 'I want to read' list!

By clicking here you can add this book to your favourites list. If it is in your School Library it will show up on your account page in colour and you'll be able to download it from there. If it isn't in your school library it will still show up but in grey - that will tell us that maybe it is a book we should add to your school library, and will also remind you to read it if you find it somewhere else!

This book features musical instruments and music-making from all over the world, such as gamelan orchestras from Indonesia and West African 'talking drums'. It: shows the many types of instruments and music, and the varying ways in which they are used - for example, the playing of drums in religious ceremonies, for communication and as a symbol of status; and, includes traditional music-making for you to try, such as bamboo stamping tubes from the Pacific and tin-can rattles.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Traditions Around the World, Traditions From Around the World .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published in 2001 by Hachette Children's Group .

 

This book is in the following series:

Traditions From Around the World

Traditions Around the World

'Combine citizenship with geography in a study of the music of different nations. Musical Instruments divides the muscial traditions of the world into Europe, North America, Central and South America, Africa, Asia and The Pacific and examines how each has evolved. With an introduction, glossary and suggested further reading, children cannot fail to learn some interesting new facts.' -- Junior Education 20020701