The percussion group : second edition

Duration: 0:11:09

Genre: Educational | Music

Year Published: 1956

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Demonstrates that everything that can be struck, hit, or beaten can be considered a percussion instrument. Gives a brief history of how drums evolved. Compares the variety of percussion instruments--tympani, celesta, cymbals, gongs, bells, Mexican gourds, xylophone, castenets, and Chinese wood blocks. Uses examples from the opera Prince Igor and Tchaikowsky's 1812 Overture to show how percussion instruments give rhythm and fullness to the orchestra.

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