Directory of Instruments Resources

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Sites listed here provide information about musical instruments. Listed sites may be about different types of musical instruments or about a specific instrument.

Websites included in this category are either educational, reference oriented, or informational in nature.

Examples of suitable topics include: the history and invention of an instrument; repertoire and compositions written for a specific instrument; the proper care of a type of instrument; physical description of an instrument including size, material composition, sound properties and appearance; playing tips, tuning, fingering and instrument-specific technique; and the process used in crafting or manufacturing an instrument.

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Resources in This Category

• Caramax Turtle

  http://www.caramax.com/us/
  Kids can play games with Caramax Turtle and learn the sounds of musical instruments.

• Introduction to Bagpipe Music

  http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/comments/pipemusic/
  Suggestions on how to listen to and appreciate bagpipe music.

• Kidport Reference Library: Musical Instruments

  http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Music/MusicIndex.htm
  Learn about the different instrument families and the individual instruments within them. Pictures available.

• Learn About Instruments

  http://datadragon.com/education/instruments/
  Listen to samples and learn about different types of instruments.

• Let's Hear it For the Kazoo

  http://www.recess.ufl.edu/transcripts/2005/0128.shtml
  Brief history, sound samples and facts about the instrument.

• Making Pan Flutes

  http://www.panflutejedi.com/jean-paul-tutorial.html
  Learn to craft a bamboo or pvc pan flute.

• Mudcat for Kids

  http://www.mudcat.org/kids/
  Learn how to make musical instruments from everyday materials.

• National Music Museum

  http://nmmusd.org/
  Founded as an academic support unit of The University of South Dakota, this museum houses more than 10,000 instruments. Features virtual galleries with pictures of unusual, beautiful, and historic instruments from the collection.

• The Classical Free-Reed, Inc.

  http://www.ksanti.net/free-reed/
  Classical performer, educator and conductor Henry Doktorski offers hundreds of illustrated pages on the concertina, accordion, harmonica, bandoneón, sheng and harmonium (reed organ) including a directory of performers organized by country and instrument.

• Wikipedia Listing - Musical Instrument

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_instrument
  Encyclopedia entry includes descriptions of various classes of instruments and links to related topics.

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