EDUARDO LOVELLE SÁNCHEZ 6ºB Nº16

What are Percussion Instruments?.

1.)The percussion family has the biggest variety
of instruments.
2.) Some percussion instruments are pitched
and some are unpitched.
Pitched You can play a melody. A pitched
instruments plays differents notes.

TIMPANI XYLOPHONE
Unpitched You can not play a melody, only play
diferent rhythms.

TAMBOURINE

SNARE DRUM
TRIANGLE

MARACAS DRUM SET

3.) To make sounds on a percussion instruments, you
must hit, shake or scrape the instruments with
your hands or sticks.
HIT SHAKE SCRAPE

MARACAS

CONGAS GUIRO

BELLS

CARRACA
TRIANGLE
 BASS DRUM
• Largest drum in the percussion family.
• Play a low sound.
• Used in orchestras and bands.
• Unpitched.
 CYMBALS
• This metal disks are clashed together.
• They come in many sizes.
• Can sound soft and delicate.
• Unpitched.
 TRIANGLE
• The triangle is steal with a triangular shape.
• The tone varies according to how hard you strike
it.
• Unpitched.
 XILOPHONE
• A xilophone is a set of wood bars, mounted on a
frame.
• The smaller bars make highest notes.
• The bars are hit with a mallet.
• Pitched.
 CHIMES
• Chimes are metal tubes of differents lengths.
When you hit the tubes with a mallet, they
sound like the ringing bells.
 CASTANETS
• Are made of two pieces of wood tied
together.
• This instruments come from Spain.
• To play them you hold them with your fingers.