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Explore over 50 common and uncommon instruments as showcased by a fun group of animals. Learn interesting, practical and curious things about music and making music. Discover instruments of all kinds-- from the electric guitar and steelpan to the theremin, from viola to vibraphone to ukulele. Listen through QR codes on each page to a piece of music composed to showcase every instrument by an award-winning musician-- and to a full band that brings...

"Little Martin the Guitar lives in Mr. Beninato's Music Store in New York City. He wants so much to be adopted and taken home by a fine musician, but the other larger instruments in the shop are always picked before him. Every night after Mr. Beninato goes home, all the instruments play for each other and compete for a place of honor in the shop. The large and loud guitar known as Big D always wins the contest. One night, Strada the Violin decides...

Discusses the origins and forms of music from primitive to modern, the evolution of musical instruments, and the formation of an orchestra.

In The Devil's Horn, Michael Segell traces the 160-year history of the saxophone-a horn that created a sound never before heard in nature, and that from the moment it debuted has aroused both positive and negative passions among all who hear it. The saxophone has insinuated itself into virtually every musical idiom that has come along since its birth as well as into music with traditions thousands of years old. But it has also been controversial,...

Meet the orchestra: Introduce your baby to the musical instruments found in an orchestra and the different sounds they make. LIttle ones will enjoy all the exciting benefits music has to offer including movement, self-expression, pattern recognition and much more. Discovering shapes: Adorable puppet shows, silly sound effects, and happy, busy babies accompanied by beautiful classical music introduce five basic forms - circle, oval, triangle, square,...

Did you know that keyboards look like pianos? Keyboards can sound like pianos or many other kinds of instruments. Discover more intriguing facts in Keyboards, a Musical Instruments book.