Percussion Instruments Example

The percussion instruments are the ones work by applying impacts, which produce sound vibrations. They are considered as the oldest instruments, mainly due to their basic structure.

This type of instrument has been classified into two:

1. Determined sound instruments.
2. Instruments of indeterminate sound.

Certain percussion instruments.

These are the ones that produce defined sounds that do not change when used.

• Tubular bells (Similar to the marimba)
• Carillon (similar to the marimba)
• Celesta
• Clavichord (stringed instrument)
• Marimba (Mechanism that strikes wooden or metal pipes)
• Piano (stringed instrument)
• Timpani (type of drum)

Indeterminate percussion instruments

These instruments have been classified into three:

Percussion instruments with membranes:

• Drums (includes different instruments, brass and drums)
• Drum
• Bongo drum
• Whale box
• Clear box
• Tambourine
• Tambourine (the version with membrane)
• Drummer (drummer)
• Taiko (Japanese)
• Military drum
• Tambora
• Yembe

Brass percussion instruments:

• Cymbals
• Crot them
• Gong
• Triangle
• Jingle bells
• Sistro
• Simple bells
• Church bells
• Indian bell
• Bells agogó

Wooden percussion instruments:

• Castanets
• Rattle
• Maracas
• Chinese box
• Keys
• Whip
• Guiro

Examples of specific percussion instruments:

Tubular Bells.-  These bells form an instrument called "metal percussion idiophone”, Is made up of tubes of different metals, which produce fixed sounds, and is played by drumsticks.

Chime.- This instrument consists of bells placed in a frame in a tuned way to be struck by a hammer that is driven by pulleys.

Celesta.- This is a mental rod instrument with sounds of bells with resonance boxes that are struck by a mechanism of levers, which actuate small hammers.

Clavichord.- This is a stringed instrument that has a small resonance box, it is considered the predecessor of the piano, containing thinner strings and with a sharper and reduced sound. It works with keys that hit the strings by a mechanism.

Marimba.- This is an instrument that is also classified as an "idiophone" and becomes familiar with the xylophone. It consists of pieces of wood, tubes or sheets that are beaten and that produce different sounds depending on the type and shape of the wood.

Piano.- This is a musical instrument created in the 18th century in the year 1700, being a direct order of Prince Ferdinand II de Medici and was initially called "graviard”From which the name of piano forte passed and from which the name of piano finally came (all from Italian).

Its operation is that of a large resonance box, which is made of wood, which amplifies the sound of the strings, which are taut in a tuned way. steel frame and which are thicker for the bass keys and thinner for the treble, finally these strings are struck by small hammers, driven by their keyboard.

Drum.- The timpani is a type of drum that is built with a metal resonance box, a kind of copper boul which is covered with an animal skin membrane.

Example of indeterminate percussion instruments:

Drums.- (Set of drums and cymbals) The drums were created in 1890, it is an instrument created with the mixture of various instruments of African, Asian and Western origin.

Its existence rose after the First World War, due to a shortage of musicians, and the devastation that ensued.

The parts of the battery are:

1. Box.- This is a smaller cambor, it goes in one piece and is also licked "snare”.
2. Tom-tom.- (forms the helmets) and is smaller than the simple tom, it also goes in a set of two.
3. Tom.- (forms the helmets) This drum is double, carrying one on each side, it is also called "floor tom”And is played with drumsticks. *
4. Drum.- This is the largest drum, the one that is struck with a pedal created by William Ludwing Mussser in 1810.
5. Cymbals.- Are the "Crash cymbal", the "ride cymbal", the "hi-hat cymbal”. They can hold one or two cymbals, and the double that is also called a "hit" or "hit hat" is handled with a foot-driven mechanism.

Bells.- These instruments are made up of conical pieces of metal, which are made of different metals or alloys, which produce different sounds. Which can be grouped or sound exclusively.

Castanets.- This is a percussion instrument that is used in the hands, they are generally used by Spanish dancers, who dance Spanish music. The sound is produced by two pieces of hard wood, which are struck with the hands to the rhythm of the dance.

These instruments are usually used in particular for a piece, but the most skilled musicians can play different bells, there are even musicians specialized in their handling.

Maracas.- Maracas are instruments made of some fruits or wooden boxes with a handle, which contain pebbles, which produce sound when shaken.

Tambourine or tambourine.- This instrument is made up of small cymbals that are mounted on a wooden ring, which sound when struck with the other hand. In these instruments there is a variant that has a flat area that can be struck and that resembles the drum.

Drums.- Its sound is produced by the tapping of masses (drumsticks on the drums) which produce sounds of different intensity, due to the difference in size of the resonance box, the material of the cover and the force with which it is hit.

Triangle.- This is an instrument that resembles the sound of some bells, and is used to produce isolated sounds. This instrument is struck with a small metal bar and in some triangles the sound changes depending on the area in which it is struck. The sound they emit is usually high-pitched and vibrant.

Xylophone.- The xylophone is a familiar instrument close to the marimba, which is made up of pieces of wood that produce different sounds when hit with a small mass, the sound varies depending on the size of the piece of wood. It is a smaller instrument in size than the marimba.