shaken.The bass drum is
a large unpitched drum that is hit with a mallet.
The snare drum is hit
with sticks. It gets it's name and it's funny sound from the strings
of metal on its bottom side.
The tympani are also
called the kettle drums beacuse they look like large cooking pots.
They are pitched and are played with
mallets.
The cymbols come in
various sizes. These are large and are called crash cymbols.
they are hit together and make a very loud sound. Finger cymbols are
very small but still make a loud sound.
The tamborine is a small
drum like instrument with jingles around it's side. It can be hit or
shaken.
The xylophone is a
pitched percussion instrument. It can play high and low notes.
You hit the instrument with hard mallets.
The
Piano is a percussion instrument. Do you know why?