2. Estephanie B. Pacang
A musical
keyboard is the set
of adjacent
depressible levers or
keys on a musical
instrument.
3. Key board s ty pic ally c ontain ke y s for play ing
the twelve notes of the wester n musical
sc ale, with a c ombin ation of larg er, long e r
ke y s and smalle r, shor ter key s that re pe ats a t
the inte r val of a n oc tave.
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4. HOW IT PRODUCES SOUND
mechanically striking a string or tine (piano, electric
piano, clavichord)
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5. HOW IT PRODUCES SOUND
plucking a string (harpsichord)
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10. the group of musical instruments that produce sound by being
struck, including drums and cymbals, or the section of the orchestra
playing such instruments.
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11. Percussion instruments are
referred to as membranophones if
they produce sound through the
vibrations of a stretched skin or
other membrane.
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12. PLAYING DIFFERENT NOTES
Tuned by tightening or loosening the head of the drum.
Tighter the drum, the higher the note.
The larger the drum, the lower the pitch.
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13. Percussion instruments are called
idiophones if they produce sound
through their natural resonance
when struck, rubbed, plucked, or
shaken.
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14. MAKING SOUND
Percussion instruments make sound by being hit.
Drums have a hollow body that amplifies the noise of a stretched
membrane being hit.
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15. Maracas are shaken.
Bells resonate when hit.
Cymbals, just plain make a noise when they're hit.
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