Percussion (Musical Instruments of the World)

by Barrie Carson Turner (Author), JohnSee (Illustrator)

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  Hardcover
  1998

  $3.45

  Including a wide range of musical instruments from all around the world, this book on percussion instruments shows illustrations of 19 instruments, such as the drums, glockenspiel, bonnang from Indonesia and tabla from India, with key parts labelled. Alongside each is a short, simple description of the instrument and its history or cultural origin. Photographs are used throughout to demonstrate how the instrument is played and how it reflects the culture or the origins of some of the instruments.