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101 Amazing Facts about The Orchestra

Name: 101 Amazing Facts about The Orchestra
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
ISBN: 9781785384103

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2 Ratings: 5
Duration: 52min
Language: English
Format
Category: Non-Fiction

What is special about the double bass compared to all other string instruments? What is the difference between a xylophone and a glockenspiel? How long is the tubing that makes up a trumpet? And what is the name of the world’s oldest surviving violin? In this fascinating audiobook, narrator Kent Harris answers all these questions and more as he takes us on an amazing tour of the symphony orchestra. We discover over one hundred amazing facts about strings, brass, woodwind, percussion and keyboard instruments as well as interesting information about the orchestra’s history and structure. This audiobook is perfect for anyone, whatever their musical ability!

Release date

Audiobook: 11 January 2018
Ebook: 24 February 2016