Stewart Pollens identifies and describes the types of keyboard instruments played by major composers and virtuosi through the ages and provides the reader with detailed instructions on their ...

There are three families of musical instruments: string, wind and percussion ... rotate around the groups to explore all the different types of instrument and how they make sound through vibrations… ...

Sounds can be made by twanging a string or an elastic band, blowing down a pipe, banging something together, and scraping or shaking something. There are three families of musical instruments ...

Each string and chord group is numbered, and sheet music is provided in a special numerical ... Other names sometimes encountered include Banjolin and Hawaiian Art Violin. Ukelin-type instruments were ...