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Percussion instruments cover a large number of individual devices. Some of these you might not suspect are percussion instruments such as the piano and cymbals.
To be a percussion instrument, the instrument needs to have some element which strikes. Of course drums fall into this category but so do xylophones, marimbas and those crazy rasping fish things that they have at school which nobody knows the name of.
Percussion instruments such as the drums probably developed from signal drums used by our ancient ancestors.
Other types such as marimbas and it's cousin the xylophone probably developed from wood blocks being hit together.
A modern orchesteral percussionist gets to play lots of other non-percussion instruments as well these days, such as swanee whistles, hooters, and almost anything else which makes an odd (normally untuned) sound.
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Why are percussion instruments so named?
Percussion is so named because the instruments are "struck" or "hit" to make sound.
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 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.
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.
What is the main feature of tuned percussion instruments?
They have to be hit to make sound.
The xylophone and the tympani are what kind of instrument?
They are classed as percussion instruments.
What instruments make a beat?
Mainly the percussion and/or bass guitar
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 do you call someone who plays a musical?
A Musician. or a percussionist if they like, play percussion instruments
What musical instruments that is belong to percussion instrument?
percussion instrument does not have any musical instruments
What is the history of percussion instruments?
The history of percussion instruments is what ever you can hit with an other object.
