This resource provides information about the advances in musical instruments, and those who have helped their evolution.

Homepage for a hypertext about the different families of musical instruments. From this page, users can retrieve information on a the acoustics of a variety of specific instruments: stringed instruments, woodwind instruments, brass...

Learn about woodwind instruments in this image gallery with descriptions of each instrument in this page from the musical instruments collection of Yale University.

Explore music at home and in class with homemade instruments. In "Top of the Charts," Emily Elizabeth gets inspired to create the happiest song in the world. Emily Elizabeth, Jack, Pablo, Samantha, and Clifford pool their talents and...

A very in-depth site concerning ancient music instruments. Organized into various groups such as organ, strings, percussion and others, this site details many of the instruments found in ancient music.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How musical instruments make sounds, music and change pitch.

Access the world musical instrument collection of the Music Department of Wesleyan University through this virtual museum interface. Search for and learn about instruments by type, geographic location, instrument material, and genre....

Learn about the different groups of musical instruments. Book includes audio narration in 6 additional languages with text in English.

Listen to a selection of music by Spanish composer Manuel de Falla given by a flute, harp duo for the Yale University performance series.

To explain the different instruments and the classification system for all musical instruments

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about woodwind instruments. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about string instruments. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about an Australian instrument called a didgeridoo. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

This site contains links to articles that explain how musical instruments work, describes vocal mechanics, and the three main vocal groups.

Learn about traditional instruments from non-western sources in this image gallery with descriptions from the collection of Yale University.

An A-to-Z directory of all the instruments and tools of the orchestra. Each entry includes a description, a picture, and a sound sample.

Learn about keyboard instruments from the collection of Yale University in this image gallery with descriptions of each piece, including pianos, harpsichords, and organs.

Here's fun "game show" for students to test their knowledge of musical instruments. Players "win" up to a million dollars in this "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" style game.

Test your knowledge of instruments of the orchestra with this interactive hangman game. Click on letters to guess the mystery word!

GCSE Music provides links to a variety of music topics including composers, composing music, music theory, music technology, performing and evaluating music, music styles, world music, and traditional music from the UK.

An interactive and printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Musical Instruments.

This interesting site is part of the Virtual Instrument Museum and it lists a variety of materials (clay, stone, wood, gourd, skin, and more) and then it lists a number of instruments created from that particular material. Each...

Look into the collection of electronic and electrical musical instruments from the Canada Science and Technology Museum's collection, some artifacts dating as far back as the late 1800s. The collection is divided into two main groupings:...

Great pictures of music instruments from China. Includes pictures of a Guquin, Guzheng, Pipa, Erhu, Xiao, and Dizi.