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The illustrated complete musical instruments handbook

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Flame tree, Dec 1, 2006 - Music - 416 pages

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User Review  - Mick Bordet - Goodreads

A fascinating read, but some rather obvious errors in facts and picture labelling lead me to question how reliable other parts of the book are. A good resource for discovering about a wide range of ... Read full review

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Contents

THE INSTRUMENTS
21
Tabla
30
Drums of the Middle East
36
Copyright

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TitleThe illustrated complete musical instruments handbook
AuthorRebecca Berkley
Editionillustrated
PublisherFlame tree, 2006
ISBN1844515206, 9781844515202
Length416 pages
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Music / Musical Instruments / General
  
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