Percussion instrument
Percussion instrument The percussion section of an orchestra, however, traditionally contains many instruments that are not, strictly speaking, percussion, such as whistles and sirens. On the other hand, keyboard instruments, such as the celesta, aren't normally part of the percussion section, but keyboard percussion instruments are included. Percussion instrument s are most commonly divided into two classes: Pitched percussion instruments, which produce notes with an identifiable pitch, and unpitched percussion instruments, which produce notes without an identifiable pitch. Struck drums, includes the timpani and snare drum. most types of drum, such as - The word "percussion" has evolved from Latin terms: "percussio", and "percussus" (which is a noun meaning "a beating"). As a noun in contemporary English it is described in Wiktionary as "the collision of two bodies to produce a sound". The usage of the term isn't unique to mu...