Basically, you tighten or loosen the tension rods. Doing so alters the tension on the head of the drum, either raising or lowering the pitch.
the difference is that a tuned percussion instrument gives is a nice vibrant sound when on the other hand an percussion instrument that's not tuned either gives it a flat papery sound or just an annoying echo
Untuned, because it doesn't play a specific pitch.
They have to be hit to make sound.
A tuned instrument can play a tune, but an untuned instrument can only play a rythm.
Improved: SUre, a Bass Drum, like any drum, is 'tuned'; by that we mean the skin is tightened to make a suitable sound. BASS DRUMS --no drum, except TIMPANI -- Are not 'tuned'..... to specific pitches. Good Question! I know that it is a percussion, and you do have to tighten the strings every know and then.Bass in this case means large because it just has a deeper sound.
the difference is that a tuned percussion instrument gives is a nice vibrant sound when on the other hand an percussion instrument that's not tuned either gives it a flat papery sound or just an annoying echo
percussion as it is a tuned percussion instrament
The same as the difference between a tuned and un-tuned wind instrument or string instrument.
I just checked its tuned percussion (85%sure). writen by lindi :)
Untuned, because it doesn't play a specific pitch.
They have to be hit to make sound.
Vibraphone
A tuned instrument can play a tune, but an untuned instrument can only play a rythm.
Improved: SUre, a Bass Drum, like any drum, is 'tuned'; by that we mean the skin is tightened to make a suitable sound. BASS DRUMS --no drum, except TIMPANI -- Are not 'tuned'..... to specific pitches. Good Question! I know that it is a percussion, and you do have to tighten the strings every know and then.Bass in this case means large because it just has a deeper sound.
The timpani is a percussion instrument that can be tuned with a foot pedal.
The piano is considered a tuned percussion instrument.
A xylophone is a percussion instrument of definite pitch that consists of tuned wooden bars struck with mallets to produce musical tones.