Category:Melodic percussion
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melodic percussion instrument is a percussion instrument used to produce several different notes of different pitches. Melodic percussion instruments are examples of pitched percussion and include mallet percussion and keyboard percussion
Instruments of finger keyboard are not included.
Bibliography
The expressions “Melodic percussion instrument(s)” and “Melodic percussion(s)” seem not the invention of English Wikipedia article written in 2011 and 2012. These expressions can be found on several books published in the 20th century, for example:
- Kathleen Mary Blocksidge (1962) How to Use Melodic Percussion Instruments, Nursery School Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- David Morton (1976) The Traditional Music of Thailand, University of California Press, pp. 22, 24, 36, 43, 104, 113, 232, 240
- James Blades (1992) Percussion Instruments and Their History, Bold Strummer, pp. 146, 403 ISBN: 978-0-933224-61-2. "India and Tibet - ... Melodic percussion instruments include a xylophone of primitive construction, kāshta-tarang, and the jalatarang. ",
"The Xylophone - The xylophone (from the Greek xylon–‘wood’, phone–‘voice’) was one of the first known melodic percussion instruments. ... " - Elizabeth May, David Morton (1983). Music of Many Cultures p. 66. University of California Press."Thai Musical Instruments - ... The principal instruments in traditional Thai music may be conveniently discussed also under four main headings: (1) melodic percussion, (2) strings, (3) winds, and (4) rhythmic percussion. / Melodic percussion instruments are of two main types: those with bars of wood (xylophones) and of metal (metallophones), and sets of tuned horizontal gongs, often referred to as “gong chimes” or “set of gong-kettles.” "
- William J. Catledge (15 May 1970) The total percussion program in the junior high school band: A new approach to the rhythm section (master thesis/PDF), Faculty of the College of Education, Florida Atlantic University "Melodic percussion is a combination of a knowledge of the piano keyboard and the technique used on the timpani. "