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In these cases, musicians usually just call them finger cymbals and use them to obtain a ringing sound with "Middle Eastern" associations. Percussionists who are not exclusively cymbalists sometimes play finger cymbals by striking one cymbal with a drumstick, or by holding one cymbal in each hand by gripping the strap between the thumb and the ...
Descriptions of this kind of use date as far back as the Shahnameh, circa 977-1010 A.D. [6] Cymbals were employed by Turkish janissaries in the 14th century or earlier. By the 17th century, such cymbals were used in European music, and more commonly played in military bands and orchestras by the mid 18th century. Since the 19th century, some ...
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
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The Cambodian ensemble—which has traditionally accompanied court dance, masked plays, and shadow plays and ceremonies—is composed of vocalists and instruments: gong chimes, reed instruments, metallophones, xylophones, drums, and ching.
Agogo bells; Anvil; Dayereh (doyra); Frame drum; Finger cymbals; Flexatone; Glass harp; Jam blocks; Jordan Slap; Knee Slap; Marching machine; Monkey stick (mendoza or ...
The bo (simplified Chinese: 钹; traditional Chinese: 鈸; pinyin: bó; Wade–Giles: po) is a percussion instrument originating in China, a type of cymbal. It consists of two plates that are clashed together. It is a concussion idiophone. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has one from nineteenth century China. Both parts have a diameter of 56.5 ...
In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, cymbals are designated as '111.142' if played in pairs, and '111.242' if played with a hand or beater. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.