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Search - It's Easy To Make Music - How To Play All The Popular Instruments

It's Easy To Make Music - How To Play All The Popular Instruments
Author: Joseph Leeming

ASSISTE VERY LEEMING to m U61C HOW TO PLAY ALL THE POPULAR INSTRUMENTS FRANKLIN WATTS, INC. 285 MADISON AVENUE NEW YORK 17 COPYRIGHT, 1948, BY JOSEPH LEEMING Printed in the United States of America by General Offset Co., Inc. This book is dedicated to Margaret Scoggin whose idea it was, and whose help was invaluable to the author. CONTENTS 1. It... more »s Easier Than Most People Think 9 2. The ABCs of Music 16 3. The Piano . 26 The String Instruments 4. The Ukulele 36 5. The Mandolin 43 6. The Guitar . 50 7. The Hawaiian Guitar 58 8. The Tenor Banjo 66 9. The Violin 74 10. The Viola, Cello and Double Bass ...... 88 The Wind Instruments 11. The Saxophone . 90 12. The Trumpet and Cornet 97 13. Other Brass Wind Instruments The French Horn, The Mellophone, Alto Horn, Tenor Horn, Baritone Horn, The Euphonium, The Recording Bass, The Bass Tuba, Sousaphone 103 14. The Clarinet 106 15. The Oboe, Bassoon and English Horn 114 16. The Flute and Piccolo 116 17. The Trombone 125 18. The Recorder 132 19. The Harmonica 136 20. The Fife 145 21. The Bugle 148 22. The Ocarina or Sweet Potato 153 The Percussion Instruments 23. Drums and Traps The Bass Drum, The Snare Drum, The Kettle Drums, The Cymbals, The Tom Tom, Tam bourine, Castanets and Triangle 160 24. The Glockenspiel or Bell Lyre 169 25. The Xylophone and Marimba 171 26. The Piano Accordion 176 This May Not Be Music But Its Fun 27. The Comb Kazoo 184 28. The Bazoomer or Humbuzzer 185 29. A Pin Piano 186 30. A Rubber Band Harp 187 31. Box Drums 188 32. Drummers Traps, The Sand Blocks, The Tambourine 189 33. Home Made Cymbals 191 34. Tin Can Tom Toms . 192 35. Bean Rattles Maracas 193 36. Musical Washboards 195 37. Thimble and Jar-Lid Music 196 38. A Rubber Band Banjo 197 39. Indian Musical Instruments Water Drum, Earthenware Drum, M or ache Stick, Bull Roarers, Jangle Rattles 198 40. Musical Glasses and Bottles 201 41. The Musical Saw 202 42. The Rosin Can 204 THE STRING INSTRUMENTS 4 FOR ACCOMPANYING singing, the soft and mellow harmony of the ukulele has few superiors. It is a wonderful instrument for accompanying informal group singing, either out-of-doors 011 summer nights or around the fire during a winter evening. One reason for the ukuleles great popularity is the ease with which it can be played. It calls for no technical knowledge of music and is probably the easiest to play of all the stringed instruments. The average person should be able to strum a tune or play an accompaniment of rich and harmonious chords after no more than a few hours of experimenting and practicing. One thing that is a great help to beginners is that in music arranged for the ukulele, the chords that are to be played are usually indicated by fingerboard diagrams printed over or under the notes. These diagrams will help you to use correctly the chords described in this chapter. The Strings and Notes of the Ukulele The ukulele has four strings, which are tuned to the notes A, D, F and B. The strings, together with the piano notes to which they correspond and the position of the notes in printed music, are shown in Fig. 17. You will notice right away that the fourth string is tuned differently from the fourth strings on other stringed instruments. Instead of being lower in pitch than the other three strings, it is almost as high in pitch as the first string. The ukulele is tuned to the piano notes to which its strings correspond, The method of tuning a stringed instrument is de scribed in Tuning the Violin in the chapter on The Violin 36 D which we would ask you to please refer to for a full explana tion. If no piano is available you can tune your uke as follows Tighten the first or B string until it is taut and gives off a clear tone. This will probably make it sound pretty close to the tone B. Put a finger against the second fret of the fourth or A string and then tighten the A string until it sounds exactly the same as the B string...

ISBN-13: 9781406721294
ISBN-10: 1406721298
Publication Date: 3/15/2007
Pages: 184
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Publisher: Sims Press
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