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Percussion Family
Bellingham Symphony Orchestra
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What are Percussion Instruments?
❖ “Percuss” - means to strike on or against
❖ Percussion instruments sound when they are struck, shaken, or rubbed.
❖ Really, anything could be a percussion instrument!
Photographer Leah Nash and the Oregon Symphony
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Percussion in the Orchestra
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Drums
Snare Drum
Timpani
Bass Drum
Bongos
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Pitched Percussion
ChimesMarimba
Xylophone
Glockenspiel
Vibraphone
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Pitched Percussion
Piano CelestaPhotographer Leah Nash and the Oregon Symphony
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Metals
Crash CymbalsTam Tam
Triangle
Cowbell
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Woods
Woodblock
ClavesHammer Slapstick
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Shakers and Scrapers
Guiro
ShakerMaracas
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Where does the sound come from?
We know that sound is a VIBRATION!
❖ Vibrating Bodylike the cowbell, woodblock, or xylophone
❖ Vibrating Headlike the bongos or bass drum
❖ Vibrating Stringlike the piano
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History of Percussion
❖ Percussion instruments are some of the oldest musical instruments
❖ All cultures have used percussion instruments
❖ Percussion instruments were very ritualistic and had many purposes
❖ Artifacts of ancient instruments have been found all over the world
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Video Clips
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Video Clips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGKpngesISI&index=4&list=RDMP2_6OLummA
A short and fun way to see and hear a few of the percussion instruments we learned about with help by the BBC NationalOrchestra.
About a 1.5 minutes long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lJctvybAJ8
An in depth look into many different percussion instruments and playing techniques with David Corkhill of the Philharmonia Orchestra.
About 17 minutes long.
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Questions
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Questions Can you name a percussion instrument that makes a sound with a vibrating
❖ Head
❖ Body
❖ String
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Questions If you could choose any percussion instrument to play, what would it be and why?
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End
Thank you from the Bellingham Symphony Orchestra! We hope you enjoy your Music in the Schools performance
Photographer Leah Nash and the Oregon Symphony
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Photo Credits
• https://www.percussionsource.com/concert/timpani/adams-philharmonic-light-plcdset5-20-23-26-29-32-212434
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Photos from the Oregon Symphony used with permission from:
Photographer Leah Nash and the Oregon Symphony