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>>>Percussion instruments are played by hitting, shaking, or scraping.
>>>Percussion instruments are played by hitting, shaking, or scraping.
>>>People that play percussion have to learn many different instruments...not just one, like all other musicians, and they have to be excellent at rhythm.
>>>People that play percussion have to learn many different instruments...not just one, like all other musicians, and they have to be excellent at rhythm.
>>>Percussion family is the largest family for different kinds of instruments.
>>>Percussion family is the largest family for different kinds of instruments.
SNARE DRUM
SNARE DRUM
snares
snares
Snares are metal wires on the bottom.
Drum Practice Pad
This is a drum practice pad. All that play percussion start out using this.
NOT ON TEST
BASS DRUM
BASS DRUM
TIMPANI
TIMPANI
or KETTLE DRUMS
Timpani are drums tuned to specific pitches.
1 person usually plays 4 timpani.
There is a foot pedal to change the pitch.
BONGOS
CONGAS
PIANO
PIANO
The piano has 88 keys.
When you press a key, a felt-covered wooden hammer HITS a string...because it hits to make a sound, it is in the percussion family.
CELESTA or CELESTE
When you press a key on the Celesta, hammers hit metal bars inside, which gives it a bell-like sound.
MARACAS
WOODBLOCK
GUIRO
CLAVES
EGG SHAKER
CASTANETS
FINGER CYMBALS
TRIANGLE
This link above takes you to a whole lesson in Quaver about the triangle.
GONG
COWBELL
CYMBALS
CYMBALS
You can either crash 2 cymbals together, or play them with sticks or brushes when they are suspended on a stand.
TAMBOURINE
SLEIGH BELLS
CHIMES
CHIMES
GLOCKENSPIEL
bars of metal
XYLOPHONE
bars of wood
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