The percussion group : second edition
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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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