Musical Instruments

This book features musical instruments and music-making from all over the world, such as gamelan orchestras from Indonesia and West African 'talking drums'. It: shows the many types of instruments and music, and the varying ways in which they are used - for example, the playing of drums in religious ceremonies, for communication and as a symbol of status; and, includes traditional music-making for you to try, such as bamboo stamping tubes from the Pacific and tin-can rattles.