The marimba has an interesting history in which, oddly enough, Pennsylvania plays a major role. It is one of the oldest of musical instruments. There are records that the marimba existed in a much ...

What is a percussion instrument? A percussion instrument is any musical instrument that’s played by being struck or scraped – that could be by a beater like a drum stick, by the player’s hand, or by ...

The keyboard-percussion instrument glockenspiel, often compared to the xylophone, was popularised by rock acts like Jethro Tull, Rush and Bruce Springsteen’s E. Street Band. But Indian audiences heard ...

It was the first time they had encountered the dholak, but the five Republic Polytechnic (RP) students were instantly fascinated by the Indian hand drum. Made of jackfruit wood and featuring one face ...