The Cymbals
CYMBAL.
A piccolo is a woodwind instrument - it is operated by being blown into the mouthpiece. Percussion instruments ar operated by physically being beaten.
No, cymbals are a metal percussion instrument that can be used by being clashed together or hit like a drum. A violin is a string instrument played with a bow.
Drums are considered to be percussion instruments because they are played by being hit with a stick or mallet.
Percussion, b/c it is being hit with the mallets to create sound. It is commonly played in the percussion area of the symphonic band.
Percussion means striking or hitting. In firearms, a percussion cap is one which is fired by being struck or hit. In music, a percussion instrument is one which is played by striking or hitting it, like a drum or xylophone. In medicine, body percussion is obtaining information about body cavities by striking the body surface.
Percussion instruments produce sound by being struck, either with sticks or mallets or by being hit against one another (i.e. cymbals).
Because it makes it's sound by being shaken or struck. That is the definition of a percussion instrument.
The cymbal makes a sound by simply being clashed together with another cymbal.
Percussion instruments of all kinds add flavor to music, primarily through beat. It is the function of a drum to provide the tempo, the energy, and the consistency to the melody being played.
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They have to be hit to make sound.