Each culture of the world has percussion instruments that are used in both music and traditional rituals. Whether announcing dangers, intimidating enemies on the front or used for making music, percussion instruments have preserved both the charm and the expressiveness of the cultures they belong to. Here are a few examples.
The xylophone is an instrument made of a system of wooden plates. They vibrate and emit sounds when hit with special sticks made of wood, glass or metal.
Castanets (clackers, palillosis) are percussion musical instruments popular in Spain and Latin America, made up of two wooden or ivory plates, fastened like valves to a shell, which are rhythmically hit by each other and used to accompany dance and music.
The tambourine is a popular percussion musical instrument in the form of a small, portable drum, with the skin stretched on one side and with metal plates or jigs all around,. The sounds are obtained by shaking it in the air. . It is used especially in Spain, Italy and the Orient, for the rhythmic accompaniment of dance.
Bongos. The drums remained largely unchanged throughout the history, but new drums were made as modern people began to explore Africa and Cuba and got inspiration from local cultures. Bongo drums belong to these two cultures and are always made up of a set of 2 identical drums.
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