Music: Hit the Right Note!

Basher Basics

by Dan Green, Simon Basher

Basher brings his signature pop-life style to a whole new topic in this one-stop guide to the building blocks of music. Meet Rhythm and Pitch, who know how to hold a tune; Time Signature, who loves to keep control; clever Chord, who works patterns to great effect; Brass, the powerful loudmouth of the instrument types; and Classical, Pop and Electronic from a crew of sweet characters. The personality-based explanations will make it easy to remember the essential concepts behind musical expression. You'll never look at the orchestra or listen to a piece of music in the same way again!

Genres: Music, Nonfiction, Education, Childrens, Picture Books

64 pages, Paperback

First published June 21, 2011

About the author

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Dan Green spent his first four years in Africa, until his family swapped the African sun for Welsh rain. He grew up an English-American hybrid in the heart of Wales and then went to Cambridge University to study geology. After college, he shipped out to Italy to chase a dream of rock 'n' roll stardom, wound up in Venezuela, where he became editor of the English language newspaper and survived a coup d'etat and most recently rode his motorbike across Europe to Morocco. Dan is the "voice of Basher" - the best-selling children's science series created by the graphic artist Basher (basherbooks.com/usa/home.html). He has also written humor books, comic strips for Horrible Histories and Horrible Science, and is the author of the Footprint Venezuela Handbook.

Visit his website and find out what he is up to:
www.dangreenbooks.com

Reviews

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Genre: Informational
Copyright: 2011

This book is a terrific one to have on hand in the music classroom! It has great illustrations for students and an easy to read description of musical ideas and terms. The book is broken down into different chapters titled:
-Introduction
-Sound
-Musical Marvels
-Noteworthy Nerds
-Rowdy Bunch
-Sweet Sounds
-Index
-Glossary

I am looking forward to using this book to help me explain music terms to students.

[Vannessa Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

An outstanding read on learning sound, vibration, pitch, tempo, rhythm, dynamics, melody, harmony, note, rest, scale, interval, chord, and time signature count.

Readers also learn about the types of music: classical, folk, blues, jazz, pop, and electronic. The glossary was helpful when I needed to refer back to something but couldn’t remember what page the information was on.

[jack • 20 · Rating 5 out of 5]

5✨ • for a non fiction/ education book, its a great read to easily explain parts of music to people interested in the terminology ! i reread this one often since it got me into music when i was younger

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I adore Basher books because my third-grade son adores Basher books. This one was an excellent introduction to the study of music. It did not cover reading music, as in reading the actual notes of music, but it did cover just about everything else, including types of instruments and musical styles.

[Maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

a great book

[Carolyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun, simple introduction to music basics.