What is a raga?rnDo you know how many strings a harp has?rnWhere did reggae music come from?rnrnSee the Special Features on key topics: Instruments ÔùÅ Jazz, pop and rock ÔùÅ Notation ÔùÅ World music ÔùÅ Orchestra.rnrnWith over 300 words and musicians listed alphabetically, the Oxford Children's A to Z of Music is a great resource to help you improve your musical vocabulary.
A comprehensive encyclopedia of musical instruments, covering all sections of the orchestra: strings, woodwind and brass, percussion, keyboards and the voice, as well as historical, rare and non-Western instruments.rnA history of music-making, beginning with man's first discovery of music, describing its multi-cultural development and the key turning points, such as the invention of the bow and…
The dramatic story of five key turning points in a thousand years of Western music - discoveries that changed the course of history.rnWho first invented 'Doh Re Mi...'?rnWhat do we mean by 'In Tune'?rnLooking back down the corridor of a thousand years, Howard Goodall guides us through the stories of five seismic developments in the history of Western music, His 'big bangs' may not be the ones w…