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2. Clash cymbals - Wikipedia

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   Playing Chinese clash cymbals. Orchestral clash cymbals have leather or nylon straps passed through the holes in their bells, leading to four tails which are knotted inside the bell, to allow the percussionist to hold them. [9] Marching cymbal lines use leather pads placed on the bell to cushion the hands. [10]

3. 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 ...

4. Orchestral percussion - Wikipedia

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   Crash cymbals (also known as clash cymbals) Crash cymbals have been used in an orchestral setting since the time of Mozart when he adopted their sound from traditional Turkish bands to be used in his opera Abduction from the Seraglio. Since then, crash cymbals have become one of the most written for percussion instruments in classical music and ...

5. 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 ...

6. 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

7. Suspended cymbal - Wikipedia

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   The term comes from the modern orchestra, in which the term cymbals normally refers to a pair of clash cymbals.The first suspended cymbals used in the modern orchestra were one of a pair of orchestral cymbals, supported by hanging it bell upwards (i.e., with concavity opening downward) by its strap.