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Percussion instrument - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The formal classifications of most Percussion instruments are either Idiophones (instruments that vibrate when struck, shook, plucked, or scraped) or Membranophones (instruments that have a stretched membrane that vibrates when struck, shook, or rubbed). TABLE OF COMMON PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS...
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Cymbals Everyone pretty much knows what the cymbals do. You hit them together and they produce a crashing sound. The snare drum is primarily used for rolls in a classical setting or for adding accents to music.
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The xylophone is a percussion instrument (one that is played either by striking, shaking or scraping it) that likely originated in Southeast Asia or Oceania.
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With a name that means, "the hitting of one body against another," instruments in the percussion family are played by being struck, shaken, or scraped. In the orchestra, the percussion section provides a variety of rhythms, textures and tone colors. Percussion instruments are classified as tuned or untuned.
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With a name that means, "the hitting of one body against another," instruments in the percussion family are played by being struck, shaken, or scraped. In the orchestra, the percussion section provides a variety of rhythms, textures and tone colors. Percussion instruments are classified as tuned or untuned.
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Definition of percussion instrument from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. Search "percussion instrument" in:
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PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS How to Make Drums Tom Toms and Rattles Primitive Percussion Instruments for Modern Use; Bernard Sterling Mason;
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