The Instruments of Music (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9781420509465)

This volume offers a full chapter discussion of digital instruments in the twenty-first century with an emphasis on how synthesizers, samplers, drum machines, and computer effects such as auto-tune have taken on a greater role in chart-topping pop music. Readers will learn about the rising popularity of the tuba in banda music in Mexico and Southern California in what is being called the "tuba revolution." Additional information about country instruments such as the fiddle and standup bass are explained. Each chapter focuses on the history of a different family of instruments; percussion, woodwinds, brass, strings, keyboards, and digital instruments.

Author: Stuart A. Kallen
ISBN-10: 1420509462
ISBN-13: 9781420509465
Publisher: Lucent Press
Language: English
Published: 05/18/2013
Pages: 136
Format: Library Binding
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.10h x 7.10w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 9.5
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 64786 / Instruments of Music