Percussion instrument
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| The word, "percussion has evolved from Latin terms: "percussio" (which translates as "to beat, strike" in the musical sense, rather than the violent action), and "percussus" (which is a noun meaning "a beating"). As a noun in contemporary English it is described at [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/percussion Wiktionary] as "the collision of two bodies to produce a sound". The usage of the term is not unique to [[music]] but has application in medicine and weaponry, as in [[percussion cap]], but all known and common uses of the word, "percussion", appear to share a similar lineage beginning with the original Latin: "percussus". In a musical context then, the term "percussion instruments" may have been coined originally to describe a family of instruments including [[drum]]s, rattles, metal plates, or wooden blocks which musicians would beat or strike (as in a collision) to produce sound. | The word, "percussion has evolved from Latin terms: "percussio" (which translates as "to beat, strike" in the musical sense, rather than the violent action), and "percussus" (which is a noun meaning "a beating"). As a noun in contemporary English it is described at [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/percussion Wiktionary] as "the collision of two bodies to produce a sound". The usage of the term is not unique to [[music]] but has application in medicine and weaponry, as in [[percussion cap]], but all known and common uses of the word, "percussion", appear to share a similar lineage beginning with the original Latin: "percussus". In a musical context then, the term "percussion instruments" may have been coined originally to describe a family of instruments including [[drum]]s, rattles, metal plates, or wooden blocks which musicians would beat or strike (as in a collision) to produce sound. | ||
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| + | * [[Beatboxing]] | ||
| + | * [[Bock-a-da-bock]] | ||
| + | * [[Drum]] | ||
| + | * [[Drum beat]] (including a list of drum beats) | ||
| + | * [[Drum Corps International]] | ||
| + | * [[Drum Kit]] | ||
| + | * [[Drumline]] | ||
| + | * [[Electronic drum]] | ||
| + | * [[Hand percussion]] | ||
| + | * [[Klopotec]] | ||
| + | * [[Latin percussion]] | ||
| + | * [[List of percussion instruments]] | ||
| + | * [[List of percussionists]] | ||
| + | * [[Musical Stones of Skiddaw]] | ||
| + | * [[Orchestral percussion]] | ||
| + | * [[Percussion notation]] | ||
| + | * [[Percussive Arts Society]] | ||
| + | * [[Pipe band|Pipes and Drums Corps]] | ||
| + | * [[Vocal percussion]] | ||
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A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration. The term usually applies to an object used in a rhythmic context and/or with musical intent.
The word, "percussion has evolved from Latin terms: "percussio" (which translates as "to beat, strike" in the musical sense, rather than the violent action), and "percussus" (which is a noun meaning "a beating"). As a noun in contemporary English it is described at Wiktionary as "the collision of two bodies to produce a sound". The usage of the term is not unique to music but has application in medicine and weaponry, as in percussion cap, but all known and common uses of the word, "percussion", appear to share a similar lineage beginning with the original Latin: "percussus". In a musical context then, the term "percussion instruments" may have been coined originally to describe a family of instruments including drums, rattles, metal plates, or wooden blocks which musicians would beat or strike (as in a collision) to produce sound.
See also
- Beatboxing
- Bock-a-da-bock
- Drum
- Drum beat (including a list of drum beats)
- Drum Corps International
- Drum Kit
- Drumline
- Electronic drum
- Hand percussion
- Klopotec
- Latin percussion
- List of percussion instruments
- List of percussionists
- Musical Stones of Skiddaw
- Orchestral percussion
- Percussion notation
- Percussive Arts Society
- Pipes and Drums Corps
- Vocal percussion
