Music

Musical Instruments

String Instruments String Instruments How String Instruments Work Guitar Guitar Parts of the Guitar Playing the Guitar History of the Guitar Famous Guitarists Violin Violin Basics of playing the violin Parts of the violin Violin History Famous Violinists

Piano Piano How the Piano Works Playing the Piano Famous Pianists Brass Instruments Brass Instruments How Brass Instruments Work Woodwinds Woodwinds How Woodwind Instruments Work

The Science of Music

What is a Musical Note?: Learn about the basics of a note.

Musical Terms and Glossary: Learn about the words that are used to describe and play music.

Science of Sound for Kids - Learn all about sound and pitch and how it works.

Sound Pitch Experiments - Learn how frequency effects sound and pitch.

Music Matching Game - Try out this fun game where you have to match the musical notes as fast as you can.

Fun Facts About Music

• Compact discs (CDs) were first widely used in 1983. Ask your parents what they used before that!
• Hans Christian Andersen said "Where words fail, music speaks".
• The oldest known piece of music is from 1400 BC and was written on stone tablets.
• As of 2008 the world record for longest drum solo was over 102 hours long.
• Bagpipes were invented by the Romans not the Scottish.
• The longest hymn ever written was 2,966 lines long by Bernard of Cluny. That would take a long time to sing!
• The Beatles have sold the most records of all time.

Music Artists:

Louis Armstrong

Josephine Baker

Justin Bieber

Jonas Brothers

Miley Cyrus

Selena Gomez

Michael Jackson

Demi Lovato

Bridgit Mendler

Elvis Presley

Jaden Smith

Taylor Swift

The Harmonica: Learn about the harmonica and how to get started playing this fun and compact musical instrument.

Read about Jazz Music.

Check out our list of movies about music.

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