Yes there were.
Percussion instruments are instruments such as the drums. The guitar can be used for percussion although it is a string instrument. No, percussion instruments are not used for playing the melody.
Percussion instruments are instruments that can be tuned or not but tuned instruments are tuned.
They are classed as percussion instruments.
A traveling minstrel in the Middle Ages typically played a variety of instruments to entertain audiences. Common instruments included the lute, a stringed instrument similar to a guitar; the vielle, a precursor to the violin; and the flute or recorder for wind melodies. Minstrels might also use percussion instruments like tambourines or drums to add rhythm to their performances. These instruments allowed them to perform a range of songs, from ballads to dance music, as they traveled between towns.
A Drum or Drums, are part of the Percussion family :)
Relatively, it is one of the larger instruments, however, it is kinda in the middle size of keyboard percussion instruments. Smaller than a marimba and vibraphone, larger than a set of bells or crotales.
Many instruments belong to the percussion family. For example, drums of all sorts are members of the percussion family. Also, rattles are considered percussion instruments.
there is no such thing as an oboe percussion. there is an oboe, and there are percussion instruments, but not an oboe percussion. From an oboe player: I think you might be mixed up. I play some pieces that say oboe/percussion on them, but that is because those pieces are written for middle school bands.
percussion instrument does not have any musical instruments
The history of percussion instruments is what ever you can hit with an other object.
Keyboard percussion refers to a group of percussion instruments that are played by striking keys or bars with mallets. These instruments include the marimba, xylophone, and vibraphone. Unlike other percussion instruments like drums or cymbals, keyboard percussion instruments produce pitched notes, allowing for melodies to be played in addition to rhythms.
Percussion instruments are instruments that are hit when they are played.Some percussion instruments include: the drum (including drum kits and bass drums), tuned percussion such as the glockenspiel or xylophone, and untuned percussion such as the triangle, the tambourine or cymbals.The piano is technically a percussion instrument because even though it has strings, hammers inside hit the strings to make them sound.