Quincy Jones

I got in the school band and the school choir. It all hit me like a ton of bricks, everything just came out. I played percussion for a while, and stayed after school forever just tinkering around with different things, the clarinets and the violins.

American Musician

Questlove

According to my parents, I just started drumming when I was two. I traveled with them from five to seven on the road, playing percussion. Between 8 and 12, my dad sort of prepared me by teaching me every aspect of road life.

Ronaldinho

I grew up in a house that was always happy, and my family was always music, music. I started playing percussion very young, because I had some uncles who were musicians and all my aunts were singers.

Brazilian Athlete

Sunny Murray

I was able to interpret the difference between the sharp, quick sound and the slow, deep sound of percussion and manipulate it, get a third sound out of things, if the beats were rapid enough.

Bob Beamon

I like to listen to my iPod and also play music. I've been doing percussion since I was eight or nine. Rhythm is crucial in long jump but also in life.

American Athlete

Evelyn Glennie

I think I can only help to expose percussion to all sorts of people. The balance between the lighter and more serious side is important.

Scottish Musician

Suzi Quatro

I read and write classical piano and percussion, also guitar.

Jeff Ament

I played djembe, percussion, keyboards and I sang.

Janina Gavankar

I grew up playing classical piano and percussion.

American Actress

Teena Marie

I play guitar, piano, bass and percussion.

Percussion is central in genres like jazz, rock, and orchestral music, often guiding the tempo.

Genre Specific

Percussion isn't limited to drums; it includes any instrument producing sound through hit, scraped, or shaken.

Broad Category

Certain percussion instruments are key in cultural ceremonies and rituals around the world.

Cultural Significance

Percussion refers to the impact force of an object hitting another, often used in construction and technology.

Physical Impact

Percussion in scientific contexts may involve creating shocks or vibrations to study materials or the Earth.

Shockwave Creation

The term can imply different intensities, from a gentle tap to a forceful strike, depending on context.

Action Intensity

In medical context, percussion is non-invasive and aids in assessing conditions without equipment.

Diagnostic Technique

Doctors use percussion to listen for sounds that indicate normal or abnormal organ functions.

Physical Examination

Proper percussion technique requires training and practice to yield accurate diagnostic information.

Skill Required

 and so does Vivaldi's musical exploration of the seasons. Not until the early 19th century would such expressive instrumental program music, as it was known, become popular. By then, larger, more varied ensembles were the rule with woodwinds, brass, and percussion to help tell the tale.

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 Some need a stand or a stool. But the cajon is a drum, a stand and a seat all in one convenient box. And this simplicity may be key to its journey across continents and cultures to become one of the most popular percussion instruments in the world today.

Rhythm in a box: The...

 But we knew what we were passionate about, and it was a whole series of things that we had never seen onstage before, things like art and pop culture and technology and sociology and anthropology and percussion and comedy and following your bliss.

The search for "aha!"...

 telling me that this is a rock on a rock gong yeah exactly there are these stones that have certain wear patterns that show that people have been hitting them over and over again and archaeologists think they were used as percussion instruments

The Ancient Orchestra PIPE...

 to a binational theater where people can come together with performers, musicians. Maybe the wall is nothing more than an enormous instrument, the world's largest xylophone, and we could play down this wall with weapons of mass percussion.

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 comes from a latin root that means belonging to tomorrow the court stick we saw that wonderful instrument a cross between a hammer dulcimer and an electric guitar being played by so percussion there actually I believe the

Words worth knowing from...

 Like any sound, music consists of vibrations traveling through air. Instruments are classified based on how those vibrations are produced. Percussion instruments are struck. String instruments are plucked or bowed.

How brass instruments...

 I am teaching the significance and the importance of the drum to young boys, women and girls. In my journey as a percussion teacher, I have realized that very many women actually want to play the drum,

Kasiva Mutua: How I use...

 thinking about. And I remember when I was 12 years old, and I started playing timpani and percussion, and my teacher said,

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 Now I put a bass line in. Now I'll put some percussion in.