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The Virtual Museum of Music Inventions

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The title is misleading, for a reason! The site consists of tips, ideas and plans about instruments and sound. The site also serves as a "museum" for photos and audio/video clips of kids' homemade instruments from around the nation.

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acoustics, sound

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constructing instruments, handmade instruments, homemade instruments, making instruments, music connections, musical instrument, science, science and music, science connections, musical instruments

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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