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See pitched percussion instrument for discussion of the differences between tuned and untuned percussion. The term pitched percussion is now preferred to the traditional term tuned percussion: Each list is alphabetical.
The glockenspiel is limited to the upper register and typically covers between 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 and 3 octaves, though certain professional models may reach up to 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 octaves. [4] The glockenspiel is often a transposing instrument and sounds two octaves above the written pitch, though this is sometimes remedied by using an octave clef. [5]
The name is a slight misnomer, in that almost every percussion instrument is played with some type of mallet or stick. With the exception of the marimba, almost every other keyboard instrument has been used widely in an orchestral setting. There are many extremely common and well-known excerpts for most of the mallet instruments.
Orchestral percussion section with timpani, unpitched auxiliary percussion and pitched tubular bells Djembé and balafon played by Susu people of Guinea Concussion idiophones (), and struck drums Modern Japanese taiko percussion ensemble Very large drum kit played by Terry Bozzio Mridangam, an Indian percussion instrument, played by T. S. Nandakumar Evelyn Glennie is a percussion soloist
Hornbostel–Sachs classifies musical instruments by means of a numerically labelled inverted tree structure, originally with four groups at the highest level, two of which are percussion instruments (as the term percussion is normally understood), and the others strings and wind.
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J. C. Deagan, Inc. is a former musical instrument manufacturing company that developed and produced instruments from the late 19th- to mid-20th century. It was founded in 1880 by John Calhoun Deagan and initially manufactured glockenspiels.
A pair of timbales, two cowbells, a jam block and a cymbal all in use as unpitched percussion Three instruments on the spectrum between pitched and unpitched: whistle, woodblocks, crotales Play ⓘ An unpitched percussion instrument is a percussion instrument played in such a way as to produce sounds of indeterminate pitch , or an instrument ...