Provides step-by-step instructions for making a variety of musical instruments from around the world, including Mexican rhythm sticks, and a paper prayer drum from India.

Among the Senufo people of northern Côte d'Ivoire, the balafon (xylophone with calabash resonators) is an emblematic musical instrument. The music of the balafon is a source of joy while the young men are doing collective work in the fields, at age-group ceremonies, for the poro initiatory society, for the catholic mass and during young people's dance evenings. Musicians and non-musicians, young and old, talk about the different occasions for which...

Discusses how the various musical instruments produce sound and describes how records, tapes, and disks are made and how the playback equipment for them generates sound waves.

Brings great books to life onscreen through rich illustrations and live shows.

Ten kinds of spiders and insects use a variety of instruments to make calypso music. Includes music, as well as notes about the insects and the instruments they play.

"In Harmony Grove, a giant forest at the base of Hope Rock, a group of animal friends rescues a trunk that blows off the top of a bus. The trunk is filled with an assortment of instruments: a banjo, ukulele, upright bass, fiddle, and an acoustic guitar. The animals take turns playing the instruments, praticing and learning all they can. The sounds and melodies carry across the pond and into the heart of the forest. Their adventure together leads them...

Looks at a variety of musical instruments and their distinctive sounds, from the bongos that go "pata, pata" and kazoos that go "wha, woo" to the ukulele that goes "plinka, plinka" and the castanets that go "click, clack."