What is Percussion instrument?
'''Percussion instruments''' are instruments which are played by shaking or hitting. There are many different kinds of percussion instruments. A person who plays a percussion instrument is a percussionist. Percussionists are usually able to play lots of different percussion instruments, because the basic skills required are similar. Some percussion instruments can play tunes. These are called “tuned percussion”. Tuned percussion instruments include: xylophone, glockenspiel, [[vibraphone]], [[tubular bells]] and [[timpani]]. Untuned percussion instruments include: bass [[drum]], side drum (snare drum), [[maracas]], [[castanets]], [[cymbals]], [[tambourine]], [[claves]] and many more. In an [[orchestra]] there can be more different kind of percussion instruments than in the other families: [[string instrument|string]], [[woodwind]] and [[brass instrument|brass]] instruments. However, older music does not often use lots of percussion. Most music for orchestra by composers like [[Mozart]] and [[Beethoven]] only use the timpani. In the [[19th century]], more percussion is added: cymbals, tambourine, triangle etc. In the [[20th century]], some composers may use very many percussion instruments. Whenever any unusual instrument is used that does not fit into the category of string, woodwind, brass or [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]], it is usually played by a percussionist. Sometimes composers have used things like [[typewriter]]s, milk bottles or vacuum cleaners in their pieces. ==Class of Percussion== There are many different class of percussion instruments. There are for example: * Latin percussion instruments * Classic percussion instruments * Modern percussion instruments Latin percussion instruments are used in American-Latin Music. The instruments are Maracas, Congs, Timbales... Classic percussion instruments are used in the Harmony Orchestras. The instruments are Tampani, Bass Drum, Xylophone... [[Drum kit]]s can include bass drum, side drum, tom-toms, cowbells, cymbals (suspended and hi-hat) etc. Toge