Science Of Percussion Instruments

Contents

• The percussion family
• drums with definite pitch
• interlude - sound and hearing
• drums with indefinite pitch
• interlude - vibrations of bars and air columns
• xylophones and marimbas
• metallophones
• interlude - vibrations of plates and shells
• cymbals, gongs and plates
• music from oil drums - Caribbean steelpans
• church bells and carillon bells
• handbells, choirchimes, crotals and cow bells
• eastern bells
• glass musical instruments
• other percussion instruments.