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Home on the Range	Cindy Sandy Boys	Mystery Train	Bach Sonata no. 1 in G minor, Presto Movement	Book Jingle

Djembe Ocean drum 1 Ocean drum 2 Hand drum	Tambourine Frog Egg Shakers African maraca Wood guiro

Musical Web Sites - Create your own music or listen to more instruments!

New York Philharmonic Kidzone Instrument Storage Room
Listen to a whole orchestra's worth of instruments!
Carnegie Hall Young Listeners
Play games and find out about Gino, the Carnegie Hall cat.
San Francisco Symphony's Music Lab
Learn about melody, pitch and rhythm. Perform and compose some of your own!
Classics for Kids
Hear performances of classical music online.
National Arts Center Arts Alive
Get up close with all the instruments in an orchestra.

Music to check out at the Library

	Smithsonian Global Sound If you're at home, grab your library card for access to this terrific database of music for everybody.
	They Might Be Giants Check out No! Watch and listen to Here Come the ABCs and Blue's Clues Bluestock. At bedtime try Bed, Bed, Bed and you'll be snoring in no time.
	Marlo Thomas Did you ever dream of talking to a mermaid? Find all this and more in Thanks & Giving All Year Long.
	Movie Soundtracks Your favorite songs from movies. Listen to the music from all the Disney movies, Harry Potter, Because of Winn-Dixie, The Incredibles, Shrek 2 or just about any movie you you've seen!
	Kidz Bop If you're old enough to walk, you're old enough to rock! Visit Kidz Bop online.
	Wee Sing Each Wee Sing selection contains about an hour of terrific children's songs. The Wee Sing series is filled with timeless classics to get you singing and dancing from The Ants Go Marching to The Hokey Pokey.
	Hunk-ta-bunk-ta Katherine Dines creates wonderful lullabies and songs for younger kids.
	Hap Palmer Can a bug weave a rug? Can a duck drive a truck? Can a sheep go to sleep? Can your little toe trace the letter 'O'? Have big fun while you learn about music!
	Raffi Singable Songs for the Very Young has entertained kids since 1976. Sing along with Baby Beluga, Rise and Shine and Bananaphone!
	Lisa Loeb Parents' Choice award winner Catch The Moon is a collection of songs that everyone will enjoy. Lisa's other works include A World of Happiness and the soundtrack to The Rugrats Movie.
	Weird Al Yankovic Weird Al is a very entertaining character and his polkas will have you reaching for your accordion.
	The Music of Sesame Street Join Elmo in Elmopalooza! and Elmo and the Orchestra or listen to Sesame Street Dreamytime Songs on your way to bed.
	Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Music Fred Rogers made nearly 900 episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and composed over 200 songs. Everyone will enjoy Songs from the Neighborhood, You are Special and Bedtime.
	Sing along with Barney! The purple dinosaur leads the singing in The Barney Boogie and Start Singing with Barney.