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What do you have to do to percussion instruments to make sounds?
hit them
What is the difference between wind and percussion instruments?
wind instruments are commonly called organ pipes they produce sound when air is blown through them where as percussion instruments produce sound by tapping sharply or striking
Is a chordophone a percussion instrument?
No it is not but there are instruments which belong to the chordophone family but at the same time the percussion family as well. An example of this is the Piano.
Instruments that use a thin skin-like material that is stretched over another object is known as?
A drum.
What is the meaning of percussion instruments?
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater (including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles); struck, scraped or rubbed by hand; or struck against another similar instrument.
What is the highest sounding percussion instrument?
Generally the triangle, but there are some really big (i.e. low-sounding) triangles, and some really small bells and crotales. The celesta is also very high-pitched.
Is melodies always played with percussion instruments?
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.
What is the difference between percussion instruments and tuned instruments?
Percussion instruments are instruments that can be tuned or not but tuned instruments are tuned.
The xylophone and the tympani are what kind of instrument?
They are classed as percussion instruments.
What category of instruments drums fall under?
A Drum or Drums, are part of the Percussion family :)
Which instruments belong in the percussion family?
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.
What is the history of percussion instruments?
The history of percussion instruments is what ever you can hit with an other object.
What musical instruments that is belong to percussion instrument?
percussion instrument does not have any musical instruments
What family of instrument do gongs come from?
Gongs are percussion instruments. In Mahillon's classification system, they are idiophones ("self-sounding") since the entire instrument vibrates to create the sound.
What instruments are percussion instruments?
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.
Does a percussion instrument shake rattle and roll or does it hit and strike?
percussion instruments are instruments you have to hit.
Are the drums a percussion instrument?
Yes, the drums are a percussion instrument.
