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"Actual instructions on gourd transformations into spike fiddles, water drums, and even xylophones are included."- Booklist. "Highly recommended for general crafts as well as ethnomusicology collections."- Library Journal. "Get this Book!"- Whole Earth.

Naturally resonant and aesthetically appealing, gourds seem ripe for music making before they're even plucked from the vine. Once they're hollowed, dried, and cleaned, it's easy to see how gourds can be transformed into a drum, shaker, banjo, flute, and more. From water drums... Read Full Overview

"Actual instructions on gourd transformations into spike fiddles, water drums, and even xylophones are included."- Booklist. "Highly recommended for general crafts as well as ethnomusicology collections."- Library Journal. "Get this Book!"- Whole Earth.

Pluck them, bang them, shake them, and blow into them These instrumentsfrom wood temple gongs to water drums and stamping tubesproduce every type of joyful noise. Make a fun gourd orchestra of rattles, like a Mesoamerican Indian rain stick and African" shekere"; a Caribbean "guiro";... Read Full Overview