Welcome to the Symphony: A Musical Exploration of the Orchestra Using Beethoven's Symphony No. 5

A hard cover book with a button sound pad on the right side. As the pages of the book are turned there are numbers on the instruments on that page. Press the corresponding number on the button pad to hear the Musical note for that instrument. There is knowledge and learning within this book on every page for all ages particularly if the opportunity to learn music was never given. A great fun, educational book with lovely illustrations. My only nit pick would be use of the work yeah which is a pity in such a volume of interest. The main thread is it’s a jolly good buy and will teach any age about a musician and music.

My 5 year old loves this book! It has just enough text for this age group and the music buttons turn it into a great interactive experience. A good introduction to classical music.

For my great-grandson.he loves music.he loves the book.It is a great book.

Good book for explaining about symphony orchestra - my grandchildren loved the it!

Super sound book. Mice talk the children through the orchestra

What a shame. It didn't work when I received it, even though it had batteries included. I asked for another one and that didn't work either!!!!

Luckily I was able to try this out before giving it as a gift as somebody else had activated the battery before returning it. I did the same, it would have been a great disappointment to the recipient. It went straight back.

Batteries were rotted into compartment. Very dangerous and disappointing

Muy bonito y bastante bien hecho

Welcome to the symphony é um livrinho maravilhoso para apresentar o mundo da música, da orquestra e da sinfonia para as crianças. Usando a 5a Sinfonia de Beethoven e uma linguagem bem acessível, a autora explica o que é tema principal, melodia e harmonia em uma sinfonia. Fala do papel do spalla e do maestro, fala sobre tom, afinação, tempo e sobre as notas musicais. Por fim, fala sobre os instrumentos e seus respectivos grupos dentro da orquestra. Na lateral do livro podemos ouvir o som de alguns instrumentos e de partes da sinfonia, tornando mais fácil, por exemplo, a compreensão da diferença entre melodia, harmonia e tema principal. Excelente! (Não encontrei ainda em português um livro que fale dessa forma - com sons e uma linguagem simples - sobre sinfonias. De toda forma, vale a pena comprar e colar a tradução ao lado de cada texto.)

Absolutely awesome !

Un po' costoso per il prodotto che si riceve. I suoni degli strumenti sono bassi e le melodie molto brevi, rimane comunque un buon prodotto ma dovrebbe essere piú economico

This and the Jazz book by the same author are my 2 1/2 year olds favorite books! We’re not big on toys that make noise, but I was in a work trip to New Orleans recently, saw the Jazz version of this book in a local bookshop and picked it up as a souvenir for my music-loving kid. He enjoyed it so much, that I ended up ordering this book too. He can name all the instruments by their picture and sound (and in real life too) and now asks everyone he meets “which instrument do you love?” He loves the trumpet and the viola, he’ll let you know and the next time he reads the book he’ll make sure he recited “mama loves the bastion, dada loves the oboe, Lucas and Brian love the clarinet....” every time that instrument comes up. He’s too little to get anything out of the music theory that’s mentioned, but he enjoys reading it anyway. I would imagine that kids through about 8 or 9 would enjoy this book. One thing that the Jazz book has that I was was in this is a page in the back with recommendations for further listening. My son asks Google to play “symphony number (he picks a random number) by Ludwig van Beethoven, but he doesn’t believe me that there are other composers who wrote other good symphonies. He loves the suggestions in the back of the Jazz book, which have led him to explore music by several different artists.