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    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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    body percussion. On the other hand, keyboard instruments, such as the celesta, are not normally part of the percussion section, but keyboard percussion instruments...
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    term percussion this is noted. Instruments commonly used as unpitched and/or untuned percussion. Instruments commonly part of the percussion section of...
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  • In popular music, a break is an instrumental or percussion section during a song derived from or related to stop-time – being a "break" from the main parts...
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    Within the orchestra, unpitched percussion is termed auxiliary percussion, and this subsection of the percussion section includes all unpitched instruments...
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    "batterie," is a section of percussion instruments usually played as part of a musical marching ensemble. A drumline can also be a section on their own competing...
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    percussion instruments, or of hand percussion instruments. This underlies the division of the orchestral percussion section into auxiliary percussion...
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    brass and percussion instruments. They contain instruments given Hornbostel-Sachs classification 423 (brass instruments). The typical brass section of a modern...
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  • Orchestral percussion refers to the various percussion instruments used in an orchestral setting. It may also refer to the act of playing such instruments...
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    performance education. It is a standard instrument in the modern percussion section for orchestras, concert bands, and in the marching arts (typically...
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  • This is a partitioned list of percussion instruments showing their usage as tuned or untuned. See pitched percussion instrument for discussion of the differences...
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    generally consisting primarily of brass instruments, most often with a percussion section. Ensembles that include brass and woodwind instruments can in certain...
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    Gong (redirect from Prime (percussion))
    the Western World in the 18th century, when it was also used in the percussion section of a Western-style symphony orchestra. A form of bronze cauldron gong...
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    expand the band's percussion section, Crahan brought in Joey Jordison to fill in as drummer while Crahan's efforts were focused on percussion. The lead vocalist...
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  • ensembles called a battery Drumline, the marching percussion section of a marching ensemble Percussion section, of an orchestra or wind ensemble Battery, a...
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  • Acme siren (category Blown percussion instruments)
    stylized sound of a police siren. It is one of the few aerophones in the percussion section of an orchestra. The instrument is typically made of metal and is...
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  • its characteristic clave rhythm, call and response structure and percussion section (bongo, maracas, etc.) are all rooted in traditions of Bantu origin...
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  • Percussion interlude may refer to: Percussion interlude, a break in music, an instrumental or percussion section or interlude during a song "Percussion...
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    a string section, brass instruments, woodwinds, and percussion instruments, or the concert band, which uses brass, woodwinds, and percussion. In jazz...
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    of acoustic, rock, world and other styles of music, with a strong percussion section that draws from African, Latin American, Indian and Native American...
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    Glockenspiel (category Bells (percussion))
    Reed, H. Owen; Leach, Joel T. (1978). Scoring for Percussion and the Instruments of the Percussion Section (Revised ed.). Belwin-Mills. p. 122. ISBN 0-13-796573-7...
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  • Vocal percussion is the art of creating sounds with one's mouth that approximate, imitate, or otherwise serve the same purpose as a percussion instrument...
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  • dictionary. A whistle is a single-note woodwind instrument, in the percussion section of the orchestra, and with many other applications in sport and other...
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    Agogô (category African percussion instruments)
    debut album. There Goes The Fear by British band Doves features a percussion section at the end, including an agogo. This is played by guitarist Jez Williams...
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  • Shake" dance craze of the '60s). For the colour series (1967), a percussion section was added to accompany the new teaser sequence at the start of each...
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  • slapstick) is occasionally used in the percussion section. In music, a whip or slapstick is a clapper (percussion instrument) consisting of two wooden boards...
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  • the Baka, with Celtic folk harmonies and singing, "with powerful percussion section, rhythmic guitar and fiery fiddle…" Each musician has contributed...
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    double bass played by Guss Helleburg and Alus Armer respectively. The percussion section included a drum set, timpani, and a glockenspiel played by George...
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    instruments. The orchestra is divided into four sections – wind, plucked strings, bowed strings, and percussion, and usually performs modernized traditional...
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    glass, metal, ceramics, and wood. They are considered part of the percussion section in an orchestra. A number of idiophones that are normally struck,...
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