percussion

     

A percussion instrument is any object which prouces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration. The term usually applies to an object used in a rhythmic context or with musical intent.

Trivia about percussion

  • Musical instruments such as marimbas & maracas are classified as this type
  • Tapping your chest to listen to your lungs is called this, also a section of an orchestra
  • The name of this section of an orchestra in which instruments are struck comes from the Latin for "a beating"
  • If you're looking at a marimba, you probably can figure out it's in this family of musical instruments
  • In an orchestra, it's the section where you'll find the timpani
  • Odd instruments like the triangle & the tambourine fit into this orchestra section
  • Rearrange the letters in "supersonic" to get this orchestra section
  • In a symphony orchestra, this section of instruments usually includes the drums, bells, cymbals & gongs

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