Description: A drummer pounds on a set of timpani. Notes from a piano fill a concert hall. A choir of trumpets blares out a melody. Across the world, musicians use a variety of instruments to create incredible music. This series introduces readers to dozens of keyboard, percussion, brass, woodwind, and string instruments. Readers will discover how these instruments produce sound, how their forms have changed across history, and where musicians play them today. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Encyclopedias is an imprint of Abdo Reference, a division of ABDO.
