Musical Instrument Desk Reference: A Guide to How Band and Orchestral Instruments Work

By Michael Pagliaro

The Musical Instrument Desk Reference provides the one-stop shop for those in need of a quick, visually-rich reference guide to band and orchestral instruments. Descriptions and illustrations of everything from the physics of sound to detailed discussions of each orchestra and band instrument make this work the ideal desktop reference tool for the working musician. Through its Quick Start and In Depth features, readers can quickly decide how deeply they want to delve into the instrument at hand. Following a contemporary format designed to facilitate what any musician or music instructor needs to know, The Musical Instrument Desk Reference eliminates the need to leaf through multiple method books or trawl through websites to find information.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810882701
• ISBN13: 9780810882706
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.8" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher