First Act: Learn & Play Harmonica
Date
Format
- Booklet 98
- Sheet Music 19
Type of Work
- Finished work 5484
Publishers
Techniques
- illustration 132
- printing 437
Printed Pages
Locations Made
- China 3
- United States 753
- Massachusetts 7
- Needham
This is a 2002 kids harmonica manual published by First Act Inc. This harmonica manual design depicts a part of children media that was trendy in that time period for children. By preserving this booklet manual we can gain insight into how media for kids has changed over the decades.
The content of this manual includes some of the many songs elementary kids in the early 2000s were were taught in music class, like hot cross buns.
This manual also provides insight into musical sheet layout under the context that it was intended for children. This likely impacted the layout so that is simple and easier to read for kids.
First Act, the company distributing and producing these manuals, creates children musical learning toys and musical instruments. However, much of the companies focus was on guitars.
Sources:
- http://www.firstact.com/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20101215151358/http://firstact.com/
- Parsad, B., and Spiegelman, M. (2012). Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: 1999–2000 and 2009–10 (NCES 2012–014). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.
