MUS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Celesta
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Highest to lowest: violin viola cello double bass. The difference between a band and an orchestra is that a band has no strings while in an orchestra, the strings are most numerous and important. Percussion instruments with vibration caused by hitting / striking / shaking. Non pitched cymbal gong snare drum bass drum triangle. Bass drum non pitched, low heavy deep sound, largest percussion. Castanets non pitched, spanish wooden clappers celesta small piano plates struck by hammers, silvery sound, pitched. Chimes pitched, tuned metal tubes of various lengths suspended by frame an struck with hammer, Cymbals non pitched, circular and brass plates, struck together, shattering sound, Glockenspiel pitched, set of bells in german, horizontally tuned plates of various sizes made of steel that are struck with mallet, tinkling sound, Gong non pitched, broad circular disk suspended in frame, struck by heavy drumstick, roar.
