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From mud to music : making and enjoying ceramic musical instruments / by Barry Hall.

By: Hall, Barry, 1944-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Westerville, Ohio : American Ceramic Society, c2006Description: x, 259 p. : col. ill., ports. ; 29 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.).ISBN: 1574981390.Subject(s): Musical instruments -- Construction | Pottery craft | ClayDDC classification: 738.2
Contents:
Idiphones -- Membranophones -- Aerophones -- Chordophones -- Hybrids -- Technology issues -- Gallery -- Profiles -- Demonstrations -- Appendix: A clay music sampler.
Summary: Tells about a truly remarkable transformation: how the simplest of materials -clay or mud- can be used to make tools for producing one of the most complex human expressions - music. Explores the vast array of ceramic musical instruments, from their historical traditions in world cultures to their modern variations and innovations.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library CD 738.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00193798
General lending MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending 738.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00193687
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-248) and index.

Idiphones -- Membranophones -- Aerophones -- Chordophones -- Hybrids -- Technology issues -- Gallery -- Profiles -- Demonstrations -- Appendix: A clay music sampler.

Tells about a truly remarkable transformation: how the simplest of materials -clay or mud- can be used to make tools for producing one of the most complex human expressions - music. Explores the vast array of ceramic musical instruments, from their historical traditions in world cultures to their modern variations and innovations.

CD to accompany book available at CCAD issue desk.