CHAPTER ONE Music Is Vibration 4 CHAPTER TWO Making Music with Instruments 12 CHAPTER THREE Making Music with Voice 24 CHAPTER FOUR Music and the Mind 32 Fast Facts 42 Stop and Think 44 Glossary 46 Learn More 47 Index 48 About the Author 48 CONTENTS
MUSIC IS VIBRATION It's a Saturday night and thousands of screaming fans are crowded into a stadium On stage a singer holds a microphone and fills the air with her energetic melody Beside her the twangs of an electric guitar boom from giant vibrating speakers The sound waves resonate all the way to the seats in the back row Listeners clap in time with the beat Hours later they will still hear the sounds of the music in their ears Music performers use technology so they can be heard by thousands of fans in concert 5 CHAPTER ONE