Description of Clip Art: A 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. The percussion family is believed to include the oldest
musical instruments, following the human voice.
The percussion section of an orchestra most commonly contains instruments such as timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle and tambourine. However, the section can also contain non-percussive instruments, such as whistles and sirens, or a blown conch shell. On the other hand, keyboard instruments, such as the celesta, are not normally part of the percussion section, but keyboard percussion instruments such as the glockenspiel and xylophone (which do not have piano keyboards) are included.
Percussion instruments are most commonly divided into two classes: Pitched percussion instruments, which produce notes with an identifiable pitch, and unpitched percussion instruments, which produce notes or sounds without an identifiable pitch.
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| greyscale of a Kettle-Drum |
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| greyscale of a Machine Kettle-Drum |
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| greyscale of a side-drum |
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| greyscale of a triangle |
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| greyscale of cymbals |
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