On the other hand, keyboard instruments, such as the celesta, are not normally part of the percussion section, but keyboard percussion instruments such as the glockenspiel and xylophone (which do not have piano keyboards) are included. ![]() Percussive techniques can also be applied to the human body, as in body percussion. However, the section can also contain non-percussive instruments, such as whistles and sirens, or a blown conch shell. The percussion section of an orchestra most commonly contains instruments such as timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle and tambourine. The percussion family is believed to include the oldest musical instruments, following the human voice. ![]() A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater (including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles) struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument.
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