Is a giutar a percussion instrument?
A percussion instrument is hit to be played, although if you were Pete Townshed, you might be able to get away calling it percussion.
What do you mean by percussion and non- percussion instrument?
A percussion instrument is an instrument that requires the player to hit it rather then say blow into it for example. An example of a percussion instrument would be a drum or a xylophone or the cymbals or a gong. An example of a non percussion instrument would be a trumpet or a violin or a trombone or a cello.
What is the oldest percussion instrument?
A percussion instrument is any medium that makes a noise when beaten upon. As such everything can be regarded as a percussion instrument. Most probably in the prehistory the first percussion instrument was two rocks being beaten together, thus making a noise and a rhythm. The first "real" percussion instrument would be a drums as this is easy to do, extending a pig skin onto a hollow cylinder. So first percussion: Stones First "real" percussion…