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Glenside Public Library's Summer Reading Program - "Read to the Rhythm"

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1.Listeners often compare its warm, dark, reedy timbre to that of a male baritone voice
4.Device used by DJs to spin their sets
5.A string instrument with anywhere from 4 to 18 strings, usually having 6
6.This instrument is frequently associated with country, folk, Irish traditional and bluegrass music
8.Some of the most famous players of this instrument are: Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Sonny Rollins
9.Orchestral music depends heavily on this large string instrument to provide part of the harmony.
10.Developed by Indigenous Australians
12.Well loved instrument in the Scottish Highlands
13.This instrument was discovered by archaeologists in a cave and dated to be over 42,000 years old, the oldest confirmed find of any musical instrument in history
15.Collectors particularly prize these instruments made by the Stradivari, Guarneri and Amati families from the 16th to the 18th century
18.Many music educators use these as a classroom resource to assist children's musical development
19.Everyone says this is the easiest instrument to play
20.Struck using a pair of straight sticks tipped with rubber
23.This instrument is unique in that it has a telescoping slide mechanism that varies the length of the instrument to change the pitch
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2.An electronic musical instrument that generates electric signals converted to sound
3.The United States experienced a shortage of these instruments during World War II
7.One of several European inventions of the early 19th century that used free reeds driven by a bellows
11.It is most often played by hand and is especially associated in Cuban music
14.Some of the most famous players of this instrument are: Miles Davis, Dizzie Gillespie, and Louis Armstrong
16.Mozart liked the sound of this instrument (he considered its tone the closest in quality to the human voice) and wrote numerous pieces for it
17.This instrument originated in the 19th century in Hawaii
21.This instrument is not portable and often expensive, its versatility and ubiquity have made it one of the world's most familiar musical instruments
22.One of the largest instruments commonly found in marching bands

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