PERCUSSION

SOME PERCUSSION

• Drum
• Xylophone
• Cymbals
• Maracas
• Piano

FACTS

• You hit scrape or shake them
• Percussion sits in the very back of the orchestra
• Percussion instruments are some of the oldest instruments on the planet
• Percussion is the largest music group
• Percussion is the largest family in the orchestra

DRUMS

• They belong in the family because you hit them
• They produce sound when you hit them by viberate
• There are a lot of different types of drums

MARACAS

• They belong in the family because you shake them
• There gorods and seeds that vibrate produce sound
• Maracas came from Latin America

XYLOPHONE

• They belong to the family because you hit them
• They produce sound by you hiring them. They vibrate when you hit them
• There are different types of xylophones
• The first xylophone was made in 1511

CYMBALS

• They belong because you hit them together
• They produce sound when you hit them. Because they vibrate

HOW THEY ARE ALIKE

• You hit,scrape or shake them

PIANO

• They belong to the family because you hit them with them with your finger
• There are lots of keys that produce different types of sounds
• Pianos can make high and low sounds