Percussion means striking. All percussion instruments make musical sounds when struck by the hands, by the fingers, or by some suitable implement. Bells and gongs, bars of wood or metal, and even bowls and thin stones make fine percussion instruments. The orchestra of eastern people sometimes have a wonderful variety of these and other kind of instrument percussion, including drums every size and shape. But in western symphony orchestra percussion instruments are not very numerous. The bowl-shaped kettledrums, or timpani, are almost always present. They give a clear, definite note and a sonorous tone that can be as soft or as loud as the player wishes. Other types of drums may also be used. Cymbals are brass plates that are clashed or tangled together. The triangle is a metal rod left open at the corner. The xylophone is a row of wooden bars. The glockenspiel has a metal bars that sound ringing and enchanting. It's often played by a keyboard, called a celesta. Only the kettledrums are regular percussion sections of the orchestra in Western Music.
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Bells dan gong,bar kayu atau logam,dan bahkan mangkuk dan batu tipis membuat instrumen perksusi baik baik saja.Orkestra dari orang timur kadang2 memiliki berbagai indah ini dan jenis lain dari instrumen perksusi,termasuk drum berbagai ukuran dan bentuk.Namun dalam instrumen perksusi orkestra simfoni barat tidak sangat banyak.The Kettledrums berbentuk mangkuk,atau timpani,hampir selalu hadir.Mereka memberikan yang jelas,pasti dan catatan nada merdu yang dapat sebagai lembut atau sekeras keinginan pemain.Jenis lain dari drum juga dapat digunakan.Cymbal adalah piring kuningan yang bentrok atau kusut bersama-sama.Segitiga adalah batang logam yang suara dering dan mempesona.Ini sering dimainkan oleh keyboard,disebut celesta a.Hanya drum ketel adalah bagian perksusi biasa orkestra di musik barat