The instruments we used included tambourine (like a tambourine but without the jingles and played with a special stick in quite a skilled way), shakers, snares, cowbells, surdos (massive drums you can hang round your neck on big straps played with big mallets usually), oh and a ?sp repinique or something like that... I THINK that was a drum i played but can't remember exactly what... there was also this really strange instrument you played with a cloth and it made a weird squeaky sound but i can't remember what it was called.... and probably loads else besides, they literally have a TON of stuff but i just can't remember it all!
A bass drum is considered a percussion instrument. Anything that you hit is percussion. Even if you hit your legs. That is considered percussion. Of course your legs aren't an instrument though. is it a tuned percussion or untuned????
The maracas are a percussion instrument originating from Latin America. More specifically, they are idiophones because sound is primarily created by the vibration of the whole instrument.
The percussion instrument shaped like a rattle and resembling a gourd is called a "maraca." Maracas are typically made from hollowed-out gourds or other materials and are filled with beads or seeds to produce sound when shaken. They are commonly used in various musical genres, particularly in Latin and Caribbean music.
marimba
Idiophones: these are anything where the sound is generated by the actual body of the instrument, rather than a string, air column etc. Other instruments in this category would be the xylophone, temple block and claves.
The guiro is a hand-held hollow percussion instrument made out of wood or from a gourd. It originated in Latin America and comes in a variety of long shapes. One of the shapes looks like a fish so the instrument is often referred to as "the fish."
Horn (of an animal) = Cornu Horn (musical instrument) = Buccina
The guira is a percussion instrument that originated in the Dominican Republic and is commonly associated with merengue music. It is made from a metal sheet with a series of notches and is played by scraping a stick or a brush against its surface. The guira adds a distinctive rhythm and texture to various genres of Latin music. It has also been used in other Caribbean and Latin American musical traditions.
The small bell used as a percussion instrument in African and Latin music is commonly referred to as a "caxixi." It is typically made from a woven basket filled with seeds or other materials, creating a distinctive sound when shaken. In some contexts, other similar bells like "agogo" or "shekere" may also be referenced, depending on the specific cultural tradition. Each of these instruments contributes to the rich rhythmic textures found in these musical genres.
Some traditional musical instruments of Latin America include the guitar, maracas, charango, quena, and pan flute. The guitar is a popular string instrument used in various genres of Latin American music. Maracas are percussion instruments typically made from gourds filled with seeds or beans. The charango is a small stringed instrument originating from the Andean regions. The quena is a traditional flute made from bamboo or cane. The pan flute, also known as the panpipes, consists of multiple pipes of varying lengths tied together.
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 it is exactly?it was a musical Latin group. they were compared to groups like The Beatles, MDO.