Instrument study! (Percussion)

Percussion Instrument Study!

What is a percussion instrument?

A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including the attached or enclosed beater. 

For example, Drums and the triangle are both percussion instruments. 

What are the different parts of the drum kit called? 

Names Of 5 Famous Drummers! 

Ringo Starr

John Bonham 

Travis Barker 

Alex Van Halen 

Lars Ulrich 

Famous One-handed Drummer! 

Rick Allen is an English drummer who has played for the hard rock band Def Leppard since 1978.

Drums Around The World!

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Famous Percussionists- 

Ringo Starr- 

Fact 1 - In 2015 Ringo was finally added into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Fact 2 - Ringo was the first Beatle to smoke marijuana.

Fact 3 - He was the drummer for the band “The Beatles” 

Questlove- 

Fact 1 - Questlove’s real name is  Ahmir Khalib Thompson.

Fact 2 -  He is an American musician and music journalist. 

Fact 3 - He is the drummer and joint frontman for the band “Roots.” 

Guitar Instrument Study-

Guitar Instrument Study! - 

What is the difference between an acoustic guitar and an electric guitar? 

Acoustic guitars have large hollow bodies with a soundhole just below the strings. ... As you've probably noticed, electric guitars have thinner, solid bodies without sound holes. As a result, the body of an electric guitar does not transmit and amplify the sound of its strings when they are strummed.

Find three musicians that are famous for playing the guitar?

1. Ed Sheeran 
2. Tom Morello
3. David Gilmour

What kinds of Genres can Guitars feature in?

Blues, Bluegrass, Country, Flamenco, Folk, Jazz, Jota, Mariachi, Metal, Punk, Reggae, Rock, Soul, and pop. 

Famous Guitarists - 

Jimi Hendrix- 

Fact 1 -  He played the guitar upside down because he was left-handed. 

Fact 2 -  He was entirely self-taught on guitar. 

Fact 3 - Jimi died in 1970 after he chocked on his own vomit. 

Orianthi Panagaris- 

Fact 1 -  She is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Fact 2 - She performed with Micheal Jackson.

Fact 3 - Her Album “Accord

Piano (Instrument Study!)

Instrument Study- 

THE KEYBOARD! 

What is the difference between KeyBoard and Piano??

One of the differences between keyboard and piano is the weight of the keys, piano keys are heavier than keyboard keys as piano keys carry the weight of the hammers. One obvious difference between piano and keyboard is that the keyboard uses electricity when the piano doesn’t.

What is the difference between white keys and black keys? 

The white keys represent the musical tones and the black keys represent the half step intervals between those musical tones. The colored keys help pianists decipher between the natural pitches and semitone pitches.

What does the Left and right-hand play on a piano?

The right-hand plays the treble clef which is the top half of the piano and the left-hand plays the bass clef which is the bottom half of the keys on the piano.

Pianists - 

Peter Bence 

Fact 1 -  he set the Guinness World Record for most piano key hits in a single minute with 765.

Fact 2 - Peter Bence is a Hungarian pianist! 

Fact 3 - His piano arrangements of Despacito, Michael Jackson, Queen and Sia collecting over 500 million video hits. 

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Fact 1 -  He was a conductor of the late Romantic period.

Fact 2 - His full name is Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff

Fact 3 - He Is a Russian Pianist born on the 1st of April 1873.