percussion
Percussion includes drums, cymbals, and mallet instruments. This topic is part of Instruments within Music. This page currently draws on 27 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
percussion trivia questions
Percussion instruments are usually played by being struck, shaken, or what?
Answer: Scraped
Bonus fact: Percussion includes drums, cymbals, and mallet instruments.
Which of these is a percussion instrument?
Answer: Snare drum
Bonus fact: The snare drum produces sound from a vibrating membrane.
What term describes percussion instruments with definite pitches such as timpani and marimba?
Answer: Pitched percussion
Bonus fact: Pitched percussion can perform melodies.
A tambourine is a percussion instrument with a frame and small metal what?
Answer: Jingles
Bonus fact: The jingles are also called zils.
Which physician introduced percussion as a method of physical diagnosis in 1761?
Answer: Leopold Auenbrugger
Bonus fact: Auenbrugger’s percussion method helped physicians infer the location of disease inside the living body.
Which percussion instrument has wooden bars arranged like a keyboard?
Answer: Xylophone
Bonus fact: Xylophone bars are struck with mallets.
Which unusual small percussion instrument is prominently heard on "Magic Bus"?
Answer: Claves
Bonus fact: The wooden claves reinforce the song’s distinctive syncopated rhythm.
A percussion instrument produces sound mainly when it is what?
Answer: Struck or shaken
Bonus fact: Drums, cymbals, and tambourines are percussion instruments.
Which percussion instrument uses tuned wooden bars?
Answer: Xylophone
Bonus fact: Mallets strike the xylophone's bars.
Which percussion instrument uses tuned metal bars with resonator tubes and a sustain pedal?
Answer: Vibraphone
Bonus fact: The vibraphone's rotating fans can create a tremolo effect.
What orchestral family do timpani belong to?
Answer: Percussion
Bonus fact: Timpani are pitched percussion instruments.
How was the distinctive rhythm track for "Cecilia" reportedly created?
Answer: By friends pounding on objects and clapping at a party
Bonus fact: The spontaneous percussion was recorded and later developed into the song's backing track.