Websites

There are many websites about music instruments. You only need to do a search and you can find plenty of information.
Some that I used for this CD are

http://www.fore-fote.com/main.html
http://www.shekere.com/shekere.html
http://members.aol.com/chordmaps/shekere/
http://www.britannica.com/
http://www.multicultural-music.com
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/112/mamadou_sibibe.html
http://www.mp3.com
http://www.burntofferings.com/
http://www.drums.org/djembefaq/v8b.htm
http://www.bailesadw.com/maxpages/PRODUCT_IMAGES
http://www.jiskha.com/music/instruments/
http://www.larkinam.com/
http://www.helixmusic.com.au/
http://www.about.com/
http://www.musicabambusa.com.au/

Buying Gourds & Seeds.

Buying Gourds & Seeds.
The Gourdfather John 02 4933 6624
The Gourdfather, PO Box 298, East Maitland NSW 2323.
Ph / Fax: (0249) 33 66 24.

Books

Some books that are quite good if you want to start making your own instruments

Making Gourd Musical Instruments by Ginger Summit & Jim Widess

Sound Designs by Reinhold Banek & Jon Scoville

Making Simple Musical Instruments and
Musical instrument Design by Bart Hopkin

Making Musical Instruments by Brian Tolley

Making Folk Instruments In Wood by Denise Waring

Blades, James. Percussion Instruments and their History. Revised ed. London: Faber and Faber, 1984.

The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. 3 vols. Stanley Sadie, ed. London: Macmillan, 1984.

These books you can get off the internet from amazon.com or a similar bookseller

Make your own Wacky Instruments by Jon Madin
@ POB 7082
Geelong West
Vic 3218
or Victorian Orff Schulwerk Association

Over 100 Instruments you can make from Reverse
Garbage & Household Items by Jon Lawrence

Musical Instruments

For a Good range of Musical Instruments and workshops for children & adults

Helix Musical Instruments. James @ 02 4572 1184 or website www.helixmusic.com.au or link to catalogue on this CD

Tapes and Resource Materials

Songs from Around the World For Young Children by Gary & Carol Crees 02 9948 8802

Rainbows Trees & Tambourines
Bop In The Bath by Susie Davies 03 9578 0160

Multi-Cultural Songs For Children by Ella Jenkins
If you like call and response songs then any other of Ellas' work is recommended also.
Available from The Book Garden 02 9634 2558

From Voice to Instruments by James Corr 02 4572 1184

CDs of Valunga Khoza 03 9482 5943 samples of mbira