Music

Tag: Percussion

Xylophone

The xylophone is a musical instrument in the percussion family. It consists of wooden bars of various lengths that are struck... More

Guiro

The guiro is a percussion instrument that is played by running a wooden stick or scrapper along the notches and groves... More

Percussion instruments: A definition

A musical instrument that is struck (or sometimes shaken or scraped) to produce sound. This category includes instruments whose own hard... More

Gong

A Gong is any one of a wide variety of metal percussion instruments. The term is malayu-javanese in origin but widespread... More

Finger cymbals: A general term

Finger cymbals are a percussion instrument made out of wood, bone or metal, held between the thumb and fingers. They are clicked... More

Glockenspiel

The glockenspiel (German, "play of bells", also known as orchestra bells and (in its portable form) lyra) is a musical... More

Thalam

The Thalam or Thaalam is a pair of 2 metal circular brass plates that are 2 to 3 inches across. They... More

Vibraphone

The vibraphone (also called a vibraharp or vibes) is a percussion instrument played with mallets. It looks similar to the xylophone... More

Castanets

The castanets are a percussion instrument (idiophone), much used in Moorish music, Gypsy music, Spanish music and Latin American music. The... More

Maraca

Maracas are simple percussion instruments (idiophones), usually played in pairs, consisting of a dried gourd shell (cuia - 'kOO-ya') filled with... More

Marimba

The marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion family. Keys or bars (usually made of wood) are struck with mallets... More

Rainstick

A rainstick is a long, hollow tube which is filled with small baubles such as beads or beans and has small... More

Tambourine

The tambourine is a percussion instrument that has a single drumhead mounted on a frame with small metal disks or plates... More

Triangle

The triangle is an idiophonic musical instrument of the percussion family. It is a bar of metal, most usually steel in... More

Tubular bell

Tubular bells (also known as chimes) are musical instruments in the percussion family. Each bell is a metal, typically brass, tube,... More

Cymbal

Cymbals (Fr. cymbales; Ger. Becken; Ital. piatti or cinelli), a modern musical instrument of percussion of indefinite musical pitch, whereas the... More

Cowbell

In areas where cattle, sheep and goats are free to roam, bells may be used to identify those belonging to a... More

Claves

The claves are a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of short wooden sticks that are struck together to produce a... More

Percussion instruments

Percussion instruments are played by being struck or shaken. They are perhaps the oldest form of musical instruments. Some percussion instruments... More

Sub-Topics

Castanets Claves Cowbell Cymbal Cymbals Drum Finger cymbals Glockenspiel Gong Guiro Instrument Instruments Maraca Marimba Musical instrument Percussion instrument Rainstick Scraper Tambourine Thalam Triangle Tubular bell Vibraphone Xylophone

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