Make Music!: A Kid’s Guide to Creating Rhythm, Playing with Sound, and Conducting and Composing Music

Author:   Ann Sayre Wiseman ,  John Langstaff ,  Norma Jean Haynes
Publisher:   Workman Publishing
ISBN:  

9781635860351


Pages:   144
Publication Date:   30 April 2019
Recommended Age:   From 5 to 99 years
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Make Music!: A Kid’s Guide to Creating Rhythm, Playing with Sound, and Conducting and Composing Music


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"This book puts the ""play"" back in music with inventive ideas for simple homemade instruments and creative instructions for orchestrating sound and rhythm with delightful results - no prior musical experience required! Music is for everyone - no prior experience required! Make Music! invites kids and families to celebrate the joy of sound with a variety of inventive activities, including playing dandelion trumpets, conducting percussion conversations, and composing their own pieces. Musician and educator Norma Jean Haynes brings the pioneering work of Ann Sayre Wiseman and John Langstaff to a new generation of kids ages 5 and up, focusing on the playfulness, spontaneity, and creativity of music. Kids explore rhythm with clapping, body drumming, and intonations. They learn to create found sound with kitchen pots and pans, the Sunday paper, or even the Velcro on their sneakers. And step-by-step instructions show how to make 35 different instruments, from chimes and bucket drums to a comb kazoo and a milk-carton guitar. AGES: 5 and up AUTHORS: Norma Jean Haynes is the author of Make Music! She is a musician and music educator who performs her own original compositions for banjo and ukulele, along with traditional song and dance. Ann Sayre Wiseman has led arts and crafts workshops around the world for more than 30 years. The late John Langstaff was known internationally for his ability to unlock any child's innate musical ability. SELLING POINTS: . Opens up the creativity of music to everyone. Unlike other books on sharing music with children, Make Music! does not require that parents or teachers be musicians or know how to read music. This approach gives non-musicians confidence to engage kids with all levels of musical knowledge in the sheer joy and playfulness of making music. . Teaches music fundamentals in a lighthearted way, inviting kids to be performers, composers, and conductors. With decades of experience in creative arts instruction, the authors share their special techniques for engaging kids with music through irresistibly fun activities for creating rhythm, composing, conducting, and performing together. . Features how-to instructions for making 35 inventive instruments. From pot-cover cymbals to castanets, tambourines, bugles, flutes, wind harps, and more, step-by-step photos and instructions show how to make a range of instruments from household and found materials."

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Author:   Ann Sayre Wiseman ,  John Langstaff ,  Norma Jean Haynes
Publisher:   Workman Publishing
Imprint:   Storey Publishing LLC
Dimensions:   Width: 20.00cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 25.20cm
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9781635860351


ISBN 10:   1635860350
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   30 April 2019
Recommended Age:   From 5 to 99 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

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This is a luscious book that will inspire and delight. Open any page and let it carry you. The photos make each activity accessible. Every classroom and every family will feel uplifted and welcomed into the world of music. -- Sarah Pirtle, founder of The Children's Music Network and recipient of the Magic Penny Award This is the must-have guide for music-making with children. It will inspire every child's inner composer and encourage all of us to follow our ears. -- Alice Burba, Songs for Teaching A great book for anyone (musicians and non-musicians alike!) looking to make music a regular part of family life. The authors offer inventive and remarkably simple ways to create your own music, using your first instruments (your voice and body) along with ordinary, found items. This playful, practical guide will open your eyes to the myriad of sounds and sound-producing possibilities that surround us every day. In today's fast-paced, push-button, screen-time world, this book is a breath of fresh air for any music-loving family. -- Susan Darrow, Chief Executive Officer, Music Together Worldwide


This is a luscious book that will inspire and delight. Open any page and let it carry you. The photos make each activity accessible. Every classroom and every family will feel uplifted and welcomed into the world of music. -- Sarah Pirtle, founder of The Children's Music Network and recipient of the Magic Penny Award This is the must-have guide for music-making with children. It will inspire every child's inner composer and encourage all of us to follow our ears. -- Alice Burba, Songs for Teaching A great book for anyone (musicians and non-musicians alike!) looking to make music a regular part of family life. The authors offer inventive and remarkably simple ways to create your own music, using your first instruments (your voice and body) along with ordinary, found items. This playful, practical guide will open your eyes to the myriad of sounds and sound-producing possibilities that surround us every day. In today's fast-paced, push-button, screen-time world, this book is a breath of fresh air for any music-loving family. -- Susan Darrow, Chief Executive Officer, Music Together Worldwide


"""This is a luscious book that will inspire and delight. Open any page and let it carry you. The photos make each activity accessible. Every classroom and every family will feel uplifted and welcomed into the world of music."" -- Sarah Pirtle, founder of The Children's Music Network and recipient of the Magic Penny Award ""This is the must-have guide for music-making with children. It will inspire every child's inner composer and encourage all of us to follow our ears."" -- Alice Burba, Songs for Teaching ""A great book for anyone (musicians and non-musicians alike!) looking to make music a regular part of family life. The authors offer inventive and remarkably simple ways to create your own music, using your first ""instruments"" (your voice and body) along with ordinary, found items. This playful, practical guide will open your eyes to the myriad of sounds and sound-producing possibilities that surround us every day. In today's fast-paced, push-button, screen-time world, this book is a breath of fresh air for any music-loving family."" -- Susan Darrow, Chief Executive Officer, Music Together Worldwide"


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Norma Jean Haynes is a musician and music educator who has studied the world's folk music and performs her own original compositions for banjo and ukulele, along with traditional song and dance. She has updated and added to the classic work of the late Ann Sayre Wiseman, an artist and author of a dozen books, including Making Things, and Jack Langstaff, who was a noted performer and founding director of the Christmas Revels.

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