Created Sound: The History And Scope Of Percussion Instruments

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Constructed for the purpose of making sounds created into musical form, musical instruments come in a wide variety from th... Read more

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Constructed for the purpose of making sounds created into musical form, musical instruments come in a wide variety from the classical piano and violin to the folk music banjo and sitar to the experimental musical instruments such as bazantar. Explore the history and scope of percussion instruments by classification and type including the idiophones such as the maraca and wood blocks, the membranophones which consist of all types of drums, and the vocal timbers of beatboxing. Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. Less