percussion Instruments打击乐器 drum鼓 gong/gɔŋ/锣 handbell手铃 timpani/ˈtɪmpəni/定音鼓kettledrums tubular bells管钟琴 cymbals/ˈsɪmblz/铙/钹/大镲 a musical instrument in the form of a round metal plate. It...
orchestra may have as many as five drums under one player, allowing an impressive range of tones. In Western music thekettledrumis of special importance. A metal bowl with a membrane stretched over the open side, it is the only drum that can be tuned to a definite pitch. It originated ...
instruments (trumpet, cornet, French horn, trombone, tuba, and brass band instruments). The stringed instruments are subdivided into those that are plucked (harp, lute, guitar) and those that are bowed (the violin and viol families). Percussion instruments include the kettledrum, drum (bass ...
Drum, musical instrument, the sound of which is produced by the vibration of a stretched membrane (it is thus classified as a membranophone within the larger category of percussion instruments). Basically, a drum is either a tube or a bowl of wood, metal
Carol;Tingey.Musical Instrument or Ritual Object The Status of the Kettledrumin the Temples of Central Nepal..British Journal ofEthnomusicology.1992Carol Tingey."Musical Instrument or Ritual Object The Status of the Kettledrumin the Temples of Central Nepal.". British Journal ofEthnomusicology . ...
By the 16th century, screws were placed around the circumference of copper shells to control tensioning and tuning of the calfskin heads. By that time trumpet and kettledrum players were established in most important noble households, and players of both instruments belonged to the sameexclusive...
Timpani, or kettledrums, are musical instruments in the percussion family. A type of drum, they consist of a skin called a head stretched over a large bowl traditionally made of copper. They are played by striking the head with a specialized drum stick called a timpani stick or timpani mall...
Virtually every material in nature has been used by at least one culture to make musical instruments.[2] One plays a musical instrument by interacting with it in some way — for example, by plucking the strings on a string instrument, striking the surface of a drum, or blowing into an ...
timpani or kettle drum, xylophone, glockenspiel, tubular bells, vibraphone, marimba. Occasionally, the piano and celesta (see left) are included in scores as part of the percussion section. Indefinite pitch triangle, gong, castanets, whip, rattle, anvil, tambourine, cymbals (struck and clashing)...
N any of various musical instruments that produce a sound when their resonating surfaces are struck directly, as with a stick or mallet, or by leverage action. They may be of definite pitch (as a kettledrum or xylophone), indefinite pitch (as a gong or rattle), or a mixture of both (...