Percussion Family

Bellingham Symphony Orchestra

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

Percussion in the Orchestra

Drums

Snare Drum

Timpani

Bass Drum

Bongos

Pitched Percussion

ChimesMarimba

Xylophone

Glockenspiel

Vibraphone

Pitched Percussion

Piano CelestaPhotographer Leah Nash and the Oregon Symphony

Metals

Crash CymbalsTam Tam

Triangle

Cowbell

Woods

Woodblock

ClavesHammer Slapstick

Shakers and Scrapers

Guiro

ShakerMaracas

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

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

Video Clips

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.

Questions

Questions Can you name a percussion instrument that makes a sound with a vibrating

❖ Head

❖ Body

❖ String

Questions If you could choose any percussion instrument to play, what would it be and why?

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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Photos from the Oregon Symphony used with permission from:

Photographer Leah Nash and the Oregon Symphony