Music

  An orchestra that plays music with vegetables? The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra makes incredible musical instruments out of carrots, cucumbers, bell peppers, and other vegetables. After you see photos of the musicians and their cool instruments, turn the page and learn how to make your own veggie instruments! Listen closely. Clicking clapsticks and chanting voices join the echoes of a long wooden tube. It's a didgeridoo! This Australian instrument has been played for thousands of years. Read all about this fascinating instrument and the people who play it. Young Prince Frederick would rather play music than learn to rule a country. This doesn't make his father, the King, very happy. What's a prince to do? Find out what happens in this cartoon story. "Yankee Doodle" was written long ago to poke gentle fun at Americans. So why did it become one of America's favorite patriotic tunes? Astound your friends and family with everything you know about music after reading "Music from