This music article, ‘Music Around the World: Alphorn’ features the origins of this unique instrument. It provides information about who played them and why they were important in the mountains of Switzerland and is aimed at broadening students’ historical, cultural and musical awareness in an engaging manner.
This music article, ‘Music Around the World: Didgeridoo’ features the origins of this unique wooden instrument. It provides information about what didgeridoos are made of, who plays them and some of the Aboriginal names for them. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical, cultural and musical awareness in an engaging manner.
This music article, ‘Music Around the World: Gong’ features the origins of this old metal percussion instrument. It provides information about gong players and celebrations and is aimed at broadening students’ historical, cultural and musical awareness in an engaging manner.
This music article, ‘Music Around the World: Guiro’ features origins of this instrument that is popular in Latin American countries. It provides information about playing and making a guiro and is aimed at broadening students’ historical, cultural and musical awareness in an engaging manner.
This music article, ‘Music Around the World: Sitar’ features the origins of this Indian stringed instrument. It provides information about what it is like and some famous sitar players and is aimed at broadening students’ historical, cultural and musical awareness in an engaging manner.
This music article, ‘Music Around the World: Steel Drum’ features the origins of the steel drum popular in Caribbean music. It provides information about how the steel drum was first made and the drumming culture of Trinidad and Tobago and is aimed at broadening students’ historical, cultural and musical awareness in an engaging manner.
This music article, ‘Music Around the World: Ukulele’ features the origins of the ukulele. It provides information about Hawaii’s famous musical instrument and is aimed at broadening students’ historical, cultural and musical awareness in an engaging manner.
This factual article ‘Traditional African Music’ features important and interesting information about different styles of traditional African music. This resource is easy to read and provides a brief outline of the different types of music found in a couple of the various regions of Africa. It also briefly describes instruments important to African music such …More
This factual article ‘Traditional Japanese Music’ features important and interesting information about different styles of traditional Japanese music. This resource is easy to read and provides a brief outline of some of the most influential styles of music from Gagaku, the music that was performed in Royal courts, to Minyou, the folk music sung as …More
This factual article ‘Traditional Mexican Music’ features important and interesting information about different styles of traditional Mexican music. This resource is easy to read and provides a brief outline of some of the most influential styles of music such as mariachi, ranchera and norteno music. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical and cultural awareness …More
This music article, ‘Music Around the World: Nose Flute’ features the origins of this unusual instrument. It provides information about how nose flutes are played and different cultures in which they are used and is aimed at broadening students’ historical, cultural and musical awareness in an engaging manner.
This factual article ‘Traditional Chinese Music’ features important and interesting information about different styles of traditional Chinese music. This resource is easy to read and provides a brief outline of some of the most influential styles of music across the dynasties from the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties to today. It is aimed at broadening …More
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