Mel Bay You Can Teach Yourself to Make Music with Homemade Instruments - Nelson - Book/Audio Online

Author: Mark Nelson
Format: Book with Audio Online
Instrumentation:

Many instruments in this book can be built in a half hour or less by children as young as age 5, using common household items. Songs include guitar and autoharp chords as well as dulcimer tablature. Includes access to online audio.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Tools and Materials
• A Note to Teachers, Parents, and Other Adults
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• The Instruments:
  • Cardboard Tube Shakers-Native American
  • Chicken Drum-France
  • Cuica-Brazil
  • Spirit Caller-Australia
  • Bells, Gongs, and Cymbals-Asia
  • Glaves-Caribbean
  • Guire-Mexico
  • Drums-International
  • Bongos-Cuba
  • Miscellaneous Percussion Instruments-The Kitchen
  • Didgeridoo- Australia
  • Shepherd's Flute- Eastern Europe
  • Zurna-Turkey
  • Zuke-A-Phone- The Vegetable Kingdom
  • Mouthbow-Native American
  • Berimbau and Caxixi-Brazil
  • Gut Bucket Bass-United States
  • Bleach Bottle Banjo-United States
  • Ghichak- Afghanistan
  • Tin Can Dulcimer-Southeastern US
• Playing
• Ideas for Group Playing
• Playing Percussion Instruments
• The Clave
• About the Music
• How to Read Dulcimer Tablature
• Songs:
  • Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star-France
  • Three Blind Mice-England
  • Brother John-France
  • I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground-Appalachian Mountains
  • It's So Simple-Oregon
  • Oh, Susanna-US
  • On Top Of Old Smoky-Southeastern US
  • Camptown Ladies-US
  • lko lko-New Orleans
  • Old Joe Clark-American Fiddle Tune
  • Foolish Frog-Bahamas
  • Turkey In The Straw-US
  • Turkey In The Straw-Arranged for Appalachian Dulcimer
  • Obwisana-Ghana
• Appendices:
  • Tips on Tuning
  • Making and Installing Tuners
  • Where Do You Go From Here?