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  2. Clash cymbals - Wikipedia

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    Clash cymbals (also called concert cymbals, orchestral cymbals, or crash cymbals) are cymbals played in matched pairs by holding one cymbal in each hand and striking the two together. [ 1 ] Zildjian clash cymbals after a big crash Paiste clash cymbals in use in a percussion section

  3. Orchestral percussion - Wikipedia

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    In orchestral literature, the bass drum usually deals more with coloring and shading the sounds of the orchestra as opposed to providing a solid, rhythmic foundation like in marching band drumset. The bass drum is usually used to accent strong points in the music and is often combined with a cymbal crash to further accentuate the moment.

  4. Percussion section - Wikipedia

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    A percussion section with pitched percussion (tubular bells, background), auxiliary percussion (crash cymbals, suspended cymbal, snare drum and bass drum) and timpani (foreground) in use. The percussion section is one of the main divisions of the orchestra and the concert band. It includes most percussion instruments and all unpitched instruments.

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    In the time of chimpanzees, Beck told us 30 years ago, he was a monkey: a baby-faced singer-songwriter crash-landing in the age of grunge with a hard-to-classify hit called “Loser.”

  6. Sigur Rós Going Orchestral For Summer Tour Dates - AOL

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    Sigur Rós will play 12 dates this summer backed by a 41-piece orchestra in Europe and North America, beginning June 16 at the Meltdown Festival in London. In Europe, the veteran Icelandic group ...

  7. Crash cymbal - Wikipedia

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    A matching pair of crash cymbals played by striking the two together are known as clash cymbals. Clash cymbals are part of a standard orchestral percussion section. Two tones are normally used by major orchestras, known as Germanic or Wagnerian (heavier) and Viennese (lighter); a third, rarer tone is known as French (lighter still). Crash ...

  8. Cymbal - Wikipedia

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    Orchestral clash cymbals are traditionally used in pairs, each one having a strap set in the bell of the cymbal by which they are held. Such a pair is known as clash cymbals, crash cymbals, hand cymbals, or plates. Certain sounds can be obtained by rubbing their edges together in a sliding movement for a "sizzle", striking them against each ...

  9. List of percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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    China cymbal: Unpitched 111.24 Idiophone Cimbalom: Hungary Pitched Chordophone Clapper: Unpitched Idiophone Clapping: Unpitched Idiophone Clap stick: Australia Unpitched 111.11 Idiophone Clash cymbals: Unpitched 111.142 Idiophone Better known as crash cymbals Claves: Unpitched 111.11 Idiophone Clavichord: Pitched 314.122-4-8 Chordophone