Percussion comprehension

Percussion instrument, also called "percussion instrument", refers to the sound produced by percussion instrument itself. Some are percussion instruments with fixed pitch, such as cymbals and chimes. There are also some percussion instruments that have no fixed pitch, such as bangzi, bangzi, banjo, waist drum and tambourine. According to the different pronunciations of percussion instruments, they can be divided into two categories: (1) "Geming Instrument", also called "Muming Instrument", which is an instrument produced by striking the leather membrane or leather membrane covering the instrument, such as various drum instruments; (2) "Body-singing musical instruments" are musical instruments that sound by striking their bodies, such as bells, wooden fish, various gongs, cymbals and bells.

Most percussion instruments have a clear sound, even the sound of drums is clear. But generally speaking, the classification of percussion instruments is to see whether an instrument has a certain pitch.

Timpani, xylophone, marimba, vibrato, bell, pipe bell, cymbal and Zhong Qin all have a certain pitch. Drums, drums, sand hammers, castanets, sounding sticks, cowbells, hanging cymbals, sand balls, gear vibrators, spoons, wooden fish, drums, bronze drums, triangles, vibrators, washboards, whips and nanbangzi generally have no definite pitch. But some percussion players will determine the pitch of their drums before recording records or playing special works. Gong can be divided into fixed tone and unvoiced tone, while western gongs are generally unvoiced. Hanging cymbals also have a certain pitch, but rarely.

In addition, percussion instruments are also divided into membrane instruments and self-sounding instruments. Membranous instruments are covered with a membrane, and the membrane of percussion instruments produces sound, such as drums. Spontaneous acoustic instruments can make their own sounds, such as triangles. Tambourine is not only a membrane instrument, but also a self-sounding instrument.

China's percussion instruments

There are many unique percussion instruments in China's national musical instruments. Some of these percussion instruments are still in use today, and some are no longer in use (such as chimes). Many of these traditional percussion instruments are an indispensable part of China's traditional arts, such as chimes, drums, gongs and cymbals in China's plays, or allegro and castanets for telling stories.

Percussion instruments are rarely used in traditional music in China, and percussion instruments (except xylophone and chime) are generally regarded as subordinate instruments. For example, in the literature of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were articles mocking Qin percussion.

Percussion instruments in western orchestras and wind bands

In the era when most orchestral music was completed, percussion instruments were not taken seriously, and timpani was the most widely used, which was only used to enhance the momentum of music. Then drums, drums, cymbals, xylophones and so on. But then the music gradually diversified, so the rich rhythm of percussion instruments was well used. At the beginning of the 20th century, wind music began to develop, and various percussion instruments were gradually developed and perfected. Composers were able to make use of various acoustic effects to make music more colorful.

Percussion instruments in a percussion band

Percussion instruments in percussion bands are more diverse than those in wind bands, and even the scope is no longer limited to the use of inherent instruments to produce established sounds, such as slippers, sandpaper, hammers and other daily necessities often appear in music.