Handbook of Materials for Percussion Musical Instruments

Handbook of materials for percussion instruments

Chapter 0 Preface

PART 1 Percussion instruments, their classification and their sound

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Organology of percussion instruments and patents

Chapter 3 About the sound of percussion instruments

Chapter 4 Experimental methodology for acoustical properties of percussion instruments

PART 2 Structural parts of the Instruments

Chapter 5 The membranophones - timpani, drums, tambourine

Chapter 6 The Idiophones made of wood played with mallets - marimba, xylophone

Chapter 7 The metallic idiophones played with mallets- vibraphone, glockenspiel

Chapter 8 The struck idiophones played with mallets -gong, tam-tam, cymbal, chimes, triangle, plate

Chapter 9 The mallets

Chapter 10 Other Struck idiophone- the church bell, carillon

Chapter 11 Idiophones with keyboard - celesta

Chapter 12 The Concussion Idiophones - castanets, woodblocks

Chapter 13 New Percussion instruments &nb