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generally you hit them, some you blow into though
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe vibration of the instrument (once you hit it) creates sound due to the acoustics of it (the way it's body was designed)
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∙ 12y agoMost percussion like the timpani, bass drum and side drum are struck with sticks with something at the end of them, while the tubular bells, celesta, xylophone, and piano use hammers.
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∙ 14y agoThat depends on the type of precussion instrument.
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∙ 15y agohello i dont know
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What type of instruments produces sound when one object strikes another?
percussion instrument
Which type of percussion-instrument is a pianoforte?
A piano is both a percussion instrument and a string instrument. Inside a piano, tiny hammers strike strings to make pitches. It is a string instrument in that the strings are what vibrate to make the sound, but it is a percussion instrument in that it has a keyboard and strikes to make sound.
How discibe the music is out from the musical instrument?
Well, it depends on the instrument. Sounds are produced by vibrations and each instrument vibrates differently. A guitar produces vibrations when the strings are strurck. Any brass instrument will make sound when you vibrate your lips in the mouthpiece. When wondering how a instrument works, think about what is shaking back and forth.
What is the main feature of tuned percussion instruments?
They have to be hit to make sound.
Is the harp a percussion instrument?
The harpsichord is a stringed, specifically plucked stringed, instrument, like a guitar. Percussion instruments are those where you have to hit something to make the sound. So drums are percussive, obviously, but less obviously the piano is also percussion, because the sound is made by striking the strings. Harpsichord is not percussive because the strings are plucked, not struck.
What type of instrument uses vibrations of the lips to produces sound?
brass instrument
What is percusision instrument?
A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when struck with another object, or produces a sound when shaken, rubbed, or scraped.
Are pianos percussion?
It is considered as a percussion instrument and a string instrument. This is because when a piano key is pressed, little hammers inside hit the strings which vibrates and those vibrations produce the sound.
What type of instruments produces sound when one object strikes another?
percussion instrument
Why do chimes belong to the percussion family?
Because for it to produce its sound, you have to strike it. It also produces sound through the vibration of the metal keys or the instrument as a whole. This is the reason a Glockenspiel can be considered as a Percussion Instrument.
Is a gong a percussion instrument?
no it is not, it is a unpitched percussion for it produces and indefinite pitch.
Can brass instrument be a percussion instrument?
No, they are two different families of musical instruments. Brass instrument produce sound by the vibration of air though a mouthpiece created by the vibration of the player's lips. A percussion instrument produces sound by being struck, scraped, or rubbed by the player's hand or against another instrument to create sound.
What percussion instrument produces the vocal-like background sound in Quincy Jones Soul Bossa Nova?
The cuica!
How do you spell precudhsisanand instrument?
The correct spelling for the instrument is "percussion."
Which type of percussion-instrument is a pianoforte?
A piano is both a percussion instrument and a string instrument. Inside a piano, tiny hammers strike strings to make pitches. It is a string instrument in that the strings are what vibrate to make the sound, but it is a percussion instrument in that it has a keyboard and strikes to make sound.
How do vibrations create the sound in an instrument?
depends on what instrument you are talking about
Why is the tambourine a percussion instrument?
Because it makes it's sound by being shaken or struck. That is the definition of a percussion instrument.
