by National Geographic Kids (Author)
From classical to country, blues to rock, hip-hop to pop, crank up the volume and get ready to rock out with a comprehensive record of music through the ages. The high notes and biggest moments in music history are covered in this fun compendium.
You'll learn about the world's most famous musicians through the eras, from Bach to the Beatles to Beyonce -- and beyond. Many major music genres are playfully explained, from tribal, classical, jazz, folk, rock...all the way to today's modern forms, such as k-pop, hip-hop, and rap. Instruments and sounds are explored, along with places and events in history that inspired the evolution of music.
Kids will also get a sense of music theory, instrumentation, and the artistry of distinctive musical styles. Song recommendations help readers open their ears to what they've learned. Add to that amazing images, a rockin' glossary of musical terms, and a timeline that plots each genre on its path from ancient history to today, and this book is bound to top the charts!
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This ambitious book crams a lot of music history into a single volume. The first chapter begins with a definition ("Music is the pleasing arrangement of notes"), then moves at a quick clip through the first instruments ever made, monophony and polyphony, Indonesian gamelans, and the Baroque period. Busy pages hold text blocks punctuated by photos of objects, art, and musicians, alongside "listen up" icons calling out representative musical samples. It is notably inclusive: women and people of color appear throughout and in the "musical master" sections closing each chapter, and non-Western genres are covered. Even so, the narrative subsequently narrows toward a focus on various forms of American popular music; by the close, the artists seem united by one metric: "best-selling." A sprawling introduction to music history. Ages 8-12. (Dec.)
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