"This title introduces readers to common percussion instruments such as the snare drum, cymbals, timpani, and xylophone. Readers learn about the history of percussion instruments and why they are important parts of our culture"--Publisher.
Moses and his schoolmates, all deaf, attend a concert where the orchestra's percussionist is also deaf. Includes illustrations in sign language and a page showing the manual alphabet.
Provides advice on buying, tuning, and maintaining a snare drum or drumset. Explains beat basics and music notation with exercises and solos for every level. Covers a variety of rhythms for different styles of music and includes a CD for listening to exercises and playing along with rock and jazz tunes.
Introduces a variety of musical concepts, composers, and styles, and provides descriptions of different families of instruments that make up an orchestra, focusing on voice, woodwind, and rhythm and percussion.
Presents an introduction to the different things one can bang to make music, in simple text with illustrations, including information on drums, cymbals, a xylophone, and a triangle.
