WebA percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Excluding zoomusicological instruments and the human voice, the percussion family is believed to include the oldest …

WebLes instruments de percussion — souvent appelés simplement percussion, au féminin — sont des instruments de musique dont l'émission sonore résulte de la frappe ou du grattage d'une membrane ou d'un matériau résonnant. Les instruments de percussion ont probablement constitué les tout premiers instruments de musique et font partie intégrante …

WebThe Hang (German pronunciation: ; plural form: Hanghang) is a type of musical instrument called a handpan, fitting into the idiophone class and based on the Caribbean steelpan instrument. It was created by Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer in Bern, Switzerland.The name of their company is PANArt Hangbau AG. The Hang is sometimes referred to as a …

WebInstrument Image Huqin – family of vertical fiddles: Erhu – two-stringed fiddle: Zhonghu – two-stringed fiddle, lower pitch than an erhu: Gaohu – two-stringed fiddle, higher pitch than an erhu; also called yuehu (粤 胡) : Banhu – two-stringed fiddle with a coconut resonator and wooden face, used primarily in northern China : Jinghu – two-stringed fiddle (piccolo …

WebA cajón (Spanish: ; "box", "crate" or "drawer") is a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes implements such as brushes, mallets, or sticks.Cajones are primarily played in Afro-Peruvian music (specifically música criolla), but has made its …

WebThe vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a vibraphonist, vibraharpist, or vibist.. The vibraphone resembles the steel marimba, which it superseded.One of the main differences between …

WebThe triangle is a musical instrument in the percussion family, and is classified as an idiophone in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system. Triangles are made from a variety of metals including aluminum, beryllium copper, brass, bronze, iron, and steel.The metal is formed into a triangle shape by bending or casting methods. The instrument is usually …

WebThe saron is a musical instrument of Indonesia, which is used in the gamelan.It normally has seven bronze bars placed on top of a resonating frame (rancak).It is usually about 20 cm (8 in) high, and is played on the floor by a seated performer. In a pelog scale, the bars often read 1-2-3-5-6-7 across (the number four is not used because of its relation to death …

WebA tabor, tabret (Welsh: Tabwrdd), Tambour De Provence, or Tambourin (Provencal) is a portable snare drum typically played either with one hand or with two drumsticks. The word "tabor" is simply an English variant of a Latin-derived word meaning "drum"—cf. French: tambour, Italian: tamburo It has been used in the military as a marching instrument, and …

WebUn instrument de musique est un objet pouvant produire un son contrôlé par un musicien — que cet objet soit conçu dans cet objectif, ou bien qu'il soit modifié ou écarté de son usage premier. La voix ou les mains, même si elles ne sont pas des objets à proprement parler, sont considérées comme des instruments de musique dès lors qu'elles participent …