The musical instrument desk reference : a guide to how band and orchestral instruments work /

Pagliaro, Michael J.

The musical instrument desk reference : a guide to how band and orchestral instruments work / Michael J. Pagliaro. - Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2012. - vii, 189 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Includes index.

Woodwind instruments: easy-reference quick start -- The flute -- The clarinet -- The saxophone -- The oboe -- The bassoon -- Brass instruments: easy-reference quick start -- Brass instruments: fingering charts -- Brass instruments: expanded in-depth study -- Brass instruments: functioning -- Non-fretted string instruments: easy-reference quick start -- Non-fretted string instruments: producing sound -- Non-fretted string instruments: expanded in-depth study -- Percussion instrument overview.

The Musical Instrument Desk Reference includes general information on fingering, the anatomy of musical instruments, sound production, amplification, and control, as well as the science of sound. --from publisher description.

9780810882706 (cloth : alk. paper) 0810882701 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Musical instruments.
Wind instruments--Construction.
Bowed stringed instruments--Construction.

REF ML 460 / .P313 2012