What is the U shaped percussion instrument?

The vibraslap is a percussion instrument consisting of a piece of stiff wire (bent into a U-shape) connecting a wooden ball to a hollow box of wood with metal “teeth” inside.

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What percussion instrument begins with U?

Udu drum – Clay pot drum with a bass sound. The udu has two holes that are variously struck and covered with the hands. The sound is produced by compression and release of the air inside it.

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Which percussion instrument is named for its shape?

Kettle Drum

Its name comes from the large kettle-shaped bottom, over which the skin of the drumhead is stretched.

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What are 4 percussion instruments?

The most common percussion instruments in the orchestra include the timpani, xylophone, cymbals, triangle, snare drum, bass drum, tambourine, maracas, gongs, chimes, celesta, and piano.

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What kind of instrument is Yu?

The Yu (竽; pinyin: yú) is a free reed wind instrument used in ancient China. It is similar to the sheng, with multiple bamboo pipes fixed in a wind chest which may be made out of bamboo, wood, or a gourd.

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Which instrument is a Xiao?

The xiao (simplified Chinese: 箫; traditional Chinese: 簫; pinyin: xiāo; Wade–Giles: hsiao, pronounced [ɕi̯ɑ́ʊ̯]) is a Chinese vertical end-blown flute. It is generally made of dark brown bamboo (called “purple bamboo” in Chinese).

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What kind of instrument is Kyo?

Kyo : String instruments

Kyo instruments are mainly the Saung (harp), Mi Gaung (three stringed musical instrument in the shape of a crocodile) and Tayaw(fiddle).

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What is the most famous percussion instrument?

Among the most popular percussion instruments are drum kits and tambourine. The drum kit is a complex musical instrument consisting of several different percussion instruments played by the drummer.

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What are the names of 5 pitched percussion instruments?

Pitched Percussion instruments (also known as tuned percussion) include the xylophone, marimba, glockenspiel (also known as bells), tubular bells (also known as chimes) and vibraphone (which has a pedal).

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What are the 2 types of percussion?

Percussion instruments are most commonly divided into two classes: pitched percussion instruments, which produce notes with an identifiable pitch, and unpitched percussion instruments, which produce notes or sounds in an indefinite pitch.

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What are the four types of percussion?

Broadly classifying, there are four types of percussion sounds: resonant, hyper-resonant, stony dull or dull.

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What is the hourglass-shaped percussion instrument?

tsuzumi, any of a family of Japanese two-headed drums with hourglass-shaped (waisted) bodies. The two most commonly used tsuzumi are the ko-tsuzumi and the ō-tsuzumi, found in the music of Noh and Kabuki theatres.

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How many types of percussion instruments are there?

Ultimate Percussion Guide: 43 Types of Percussion Instruments.

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What instrument is like U-shaped harp?

lyre / līr/ • n. a stringed instrument like a small U-shaped harp with strings fixed to a crossbar, used esp. in ancient Greece.

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What is a brass instrument that starts with U?

The euphonium is a medium-sized, 3 or 4-valve, often compensating, conical-bore, tenor-voiced brass instrument that derives its name from the Ancient Greek word εὔφωνος euphōnos, meaning "well-sounding" or "sweet-voiced" (εὖ eu means "well" or "good" and φωνή phōnē means "sound", hence "of good sound").

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What are the three un pitched percussion instruments?

Instruments normally used as untuned percussion
  • Bass drum.
  • Bongo drum.
  • Conga.
  • Cymbal.
  • Gong.
  • Maracas.
  • Snare drum.
  • Timbales.

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What are 3 tuned percussion instruments?

Tuned percussion instruments include:
  • Glockenspiel.
  • Marimba.
  • Timpani.
  • Tubular bells.
  • Vibraphone.
  • Xylophone.

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What are the three main groups of percussion instruments?

Orchestral percussion
  • Tuned percussion, consisting of pitched percussion instruments.
  • Auxiliary percussion, consisting of unpitched percussion instruments.
  • Timpani.

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What is the oldest percussion instrument?

Drums (tambour, Trommel, tamburo, tambor, drome, dromme, drume), along with other percussion instruments were probably among the earliest instruments. There is evidence that the first membrane drums consisted of naturally hollow tree trunks covered at one or both ends with the skins of water animals, fish, or reptiles.

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What is a simple percussion instrument?

Untuned percussion instruments include: bass drum, side drum (snare drum), maracas, castanets, cymbals, tambourine, claves and many more. In an orchestra there can be more different kind of percussion instruments than in the other families: string, woodwind and brass instruments.

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What is the rarest percussion instrument?

Hydraulophone. The hydraulophone is one of the rarest musical instruments in the world.

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What is the 13 instrument in Japan?

The Koto is a type of Japanese zither that is the national instrument of Japan. Typically they have 13 strings – but you can get them with more too, and they were initially played in Japanese court music.

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What is the funny Japanese instrument?

What is Otamatone? Otamatone is a cute, quirky, and fun to play electronic musical toy characterized by its eighth note-shaped body, adorable moving mouth, and silly, buzzing, amusingly off-key "voice."

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What Japanese instrument is like a guitar?

Shamisen. The shamisen resembles a guitar, with a long, thin neck and a small rectangular body covered with skin. It has three strings, with the pitch adjusted by tuning pegs on the head, like a guitar or violin, but without frets. It's played with a large triangular plectrum that's used to strike the strings.

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