Percussion is different from other instruments. Percussionists learn to play not one instrument, but dozens, each with its own techniques. The sound quality of some percussion instruments, such as ...

Michael Gordon’s site-specific “The Forest of Metal Objects” surrounds precious art and architecture with the music of chains ...

Sometimes, we play “conventional” percussion instruments – things like marimbas, vibraphones, tom-toms, bass drums. And sometimes, we play homemade instruments – metal pipes, ceramic rice ...

The top-right part, because of its small size, can be used to obtain high notes with an oscillatory motion of the palm of your hand on the metal. The top-left part, where the handle is inserted, is ...

A: I grew up playing drum sets, but then became interested in ethnic percussion and gamelan music, which is music from Indonesia, probably 20 years ago. Gamelan ensembles are predominantly metal ...