Thursday, January 23, 2014

The Percussion Family


This week, our students have learned about the Percussion family. This family is one of the most diverse in the whole orchestra. We have taken a look at many different Percussion instruments and grouped them into two groups - pitched and non-pitched. Pitched instruments can play multiple notes while non-pitched can only make sounds. For example, the xylophone is a pitched Percussion instrument and the cymbals are a non-pitched instrument.