percussion section
Orchestra's beat makers
The percussion section is the group of musicians in an orchestra, band, or ensemble who play instruments that produce sound by being struck, shaken, or scraped.
This includes drums, cymbals, timpani, xylophones, tambourines, and countless other instruments.
In orchestral seating, the percussion section typically occupies the back of the stage.
The percussion section came in thunderously during the finale.
- snare drumTensioned wire percussion cylinder
- bass drumLarge mallet-struck cylinder
- classical musicWestern orchestral tradition
- strikingNoticeably impressive
- rollingTurning over repeatedly
timpani · drum roll · hand drumming · jazz ensembles · cymbals · crash cymbal · congas · marimba · world music · bongos · steel drums · marching bands · dampening · muting · folk traditions · xylophone · rock bands · battery
- Chinese musicerhu, gong, ban, Beijing opera, Peking opera
- orchestraorchestra, symphony orchestra, philharmonic, strings, string orchestra
- marching bandmarching band, military bands, drum lines, parade music, color guard
- parade performersdrum major, majorette, baton twirler, color guard, flag bearer
- orchestra termsstrings, woodwinds, brass, conductor, concertmaster
- orchestrationorchestration, scoring, instrumentation, string arrangement, full orchestra
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Bowed instrument ensemble
strings · bowed strings · brass section · woodwind section · brass
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