Combining Science and Design and Technology, this title examines the technology of musical instruments. A scientific explanation with the help of annotated diagrams and illustrations is followed by examples of instruments that produce sound in this way. Musical instruments examined include guitars, drums, oboes and pianos.

 

This book is part of a book series called How Things Work .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by Hachette Children's Group .

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Sounds and music
• 2: Shaking and scraping
• 3: Beating a rhythm
• 4: String Instruments
• 5: Pianos and keyboard instruments
• 6: Brass
• 7: Woodwind
• 8: The voice
• 9: Musical groups
• 10: Make a cardboard guitar
• 11: Make panpipes
• 12: Make a drum
• 13: Make an oboe
• 14: Glossary
• 15: Topic web
• 16: Index