# Around the World in 80 Musical Instruments - Hardcover

by **Nancy Dickmann** (Author), **Sue Downing** (Illustrator)

  

**Journey around the globe to explore a musical  
cave, peek inside a piano, and find out how to play an instrument without  
touching it.**

From ancient instruments made from shells to instruments that  
make music with lightning, discover an orchestra of instruments you can shake,  
pluck, scrape, hit, and blow--and how you can make your own. Grouped into  
percussion instruments, wind, and string, as well as the weird and wonderful  
that defy categorization, _Around the World in 80 Musical Instruments_  
covers traditional instruments from various cultures, such as the gamelan and  
mbira, as well as the creations of modern artists and musicians, such as the  
Wintergatan Marble Machine and the eerie-sounding yaybahar. Readers will even  
discover a band that plays exclusively on instruments fashioned from fresh  
vegetables and makes the scraps into soup to serve to the audience!

Includes a stunning central gatefold that opens out to reveal  
all 80 trees and how they relate to each other in families.

A visual celebration of the huge variety of musical  
instruments found across the globe, from those you know to those you almost  
certainly don't!

  

**Number of Pages:** 64

**Dimensions:** 0.47 x 11.1 x 9.13 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** April 12, 2022

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- **Price:** 17.95 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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