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UN-PITCHED PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT [1 record]

Record 1 2017-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Percussion Instruments
CONT

... non-pitched percussion instruments produce only one pitch per instrument.

OBS

Examples of non-pitched percussion instruments include maracas, bongo drums, castanets, cymbals.

Key term(s)
  • un-pitched percussion instrument

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à percussion
CONT

Les instruments de percussion à sons indéterminés produisent, comme leur nom l'indique, des sons qui sont indéterminés, c'est-à-dire qu'ils ne correspondent à aucune note particulière. Ils produisent plutôt des effets sonores. Les maracas, les cymbales, la batterie et le bâton de pluie en sont que quelques exemples.

Spanish

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