Making Music: From Tambourines to Rainsticks to Dandelion Trumpets, Walnut Castanets to Shepherd’s Pipes to an Abundance of Homemade Drums, Here Is a ... Assortment of Good Sounds from Found Objects - Softcover

Langstaff, John; Wiseman, Ann Sayre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580175120 ISBN 13: 9781580175128

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC, 2003

Synopsis

Tune up a milk carton guitar and get ready for a kitchen concerto in the key of utensils major! Ann Sayre Wiseman and John Langstaff offer dozens of ideas that encourage children to unlock their musical creativity using everyday objects. Kids will be inspired as they turn a shower hose into a trumpet or pair zippers and Velcro to make their own percussion ensemble. With ideas for creating and playing more than 70 basic rhythm, string, wind, and keyboard instruments, the musical possibilities are endless. 

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Beginning Notes
Kitchen Things That Ring and Ping
Scrapers & Rasps
Guiro
Names & Notation
Fruit Salad
Crying Water Bowls & Cooking Pots
Pot Cover Cymbals
Clock Music: Opus 1
Bells -- Chimes -- Triangle
Glass Harmonica
Tambourine
Maracas: Rattle & Clatter
Rainstick
Thimble Fingers & Tapping Gloves
Clave & Rhythm Sticks
Jingling Johnny
Castanets & Clappers
Tongue Drums
Drum Improvisations
Mallets
Playing the Room
Percussion Conversations
Canons & Rounds
Talking Drums
Hardware Orchestra
Conduit Pipe Xylophone
Wooden Xylophone
African Thumb Pianos
Bugles & Horns
Random Pipes
Flutes & Whistles
Shepherds' Pipes
Dandelion Trumpets
Window Wind Harp
Board & Box Zither
One-String Box Bass
Bushman's Bow -- Lyre
Milk Carton Guitar
Plucking Fiddle
Musical Saw
Conducting an Orchestra
Kitchen Concerto
A Pre-Hispanic Orchestra
Paper Orchestra
Clock Music: Opus 2
Clock Music: Opus 3
Soundscapes
Velcro-Zipper Duet
Single-Note Compositions
Orchestrating
Clapping and Body Drumming
Family Fun
End Notes
Resources
Index

About the Author:

The late John Langstaff was known internationally for his ability to unlock any child’s innate musical ability. He was the founder of the original Christmas Revels in 1971 and devoted his life to promoting music education and enjoyment, especially for children. 

About this edition

• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1580175120
• ISBN 13: 9781580175128
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96