He was then appointed as Minister of Defence. He was also named the Crown Prince in 2012 following the death of his brother Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Salman was crowned as the new King of Saudi Arabia on 23 January 2015 following the death of his half-brother, King Abdullah.
Pitched percussion instruments are the keyboards--marimba, vibraphone, xylophone, bells, piano, harpsichord, etc.--and pitched drums such as timpani and the ever-popular steel drum.I'm not sure if tom-toms count as tuned drums, except maybe if you have a set of four.any people think that the piano is not a percussion instrument, and that it is a string instrument. This is wrong. The piano uses a type of mallet that hits the pitched piano strings making it a percussion instrument.
basket - snare drum basket. The metal cradle that holds the snare drum. bass drum (kick drum) - the lowest pitched drum in a marching band or with a drumset. As it refers to a drumset, it is also called a kick drum because it is 'kicked' with your foot via a foot pedal. A marching bass drum is usually mounted and worn to be played while marching and struck from either side with the hands using a large felt mallet beater.