The Sections of the Orchestra: Percussion

[@hoangkimviet8545]

I think percussions were the earliest instruments in the human history.

[@enjoyclassicalmusic6006]

Or the human voice?

[@hoangkimviet8545]

@@enjoyclassicalmusic6006 Oh yeah, I forgot it.

[@knopfir]

well, its the first "Constructed" instrument for sure.@@hoangkimviet8545

[@Goated_Earl_Sweatshirt]

wasn't it like a flute mare from near femur

[@Goated_Earl_Sweatshirt]

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[@andrespinzon8030]

As a percussionist, THANK YOU 😭🙏🏼

[@dracho8741]

Finally the best section

[@ThePoetRobin]

really like how you ended with how percussion nd rhythm represent the skeleton of music. underappreciated but always present. as a percussionist I felt that.

[@autoghg]

Great video as always! But I really missed the hammer in Mahler sixth :(

[@tjppercussion]

The *orchestral* percussion section didn't get much development (aside from the timpani) until around the 18th century because it was then that Western composers began Romanticizing the sounds of other global regions. Beethoven incorporated the Turkish battery with crash cymbals and bass drum, Bizet's Carmen utilized Spanish-derived castanets, and Tchaikovsky was a champion for keyboard percussion instruments in his ballets such as the celeste and glockenspiel. However it's important to remember the percussion family didn't originate in the orchestra and predates all others alongside it, with the Indonesian gamelan ensembles, Japanese taiko drumming, Indian tabla drummers (probably the best of us all), and countless others. Fashioned percussion instruments have existed farther back than the natural materials that were used to make them allow us to study, for they've decomposed due to age. Just a couple of addendums: 1:22 That's a djembe, but it is in fact from West Africa. Not to be confused with the smaller, often paired, Cuban bongos (or the taller Afro-Cuban congas!) 4:34 As others have said, definitely a washboard and not the scraped, grooved, Latin gourd instrument known as the guiro 5:42 There are only 4 instruments there, and only 2 of them are marimbas lol. The other 2 are vibraphones, demonstrated plainly earlier in the video. The positioning of the boards and way they're playing looks like it could be a version of Reich's Six Marimbas, but that's not a very representative clip of the work. (which is really great, you should go listen!) Modern percussion ensemble accomplishes an unparalleled variety of sound, as well -- no confines to being solely one type of instrument. I recommend Dave Hollinden's The Whole Toy Laid Down for listening. Thanks for the video, ECM! Everyone else, get some sticks and go practice!

[@enjoyclassicalmusic6006]

Thanks for such an intelligent and detailed response!

[@tjppercussion]

@@enjoyclassicalmusic6006 My percussion history term paper's paying off 😂thank YOU for sharing the world of percussion with your subscribers in the first place! Consider me one of them now. If you have any percussion questions feel free to reach out as well!

[@ryderb.845]

"Marimba is a big xylophone" ehh, close enough

[@knopfir]

i guess you could call this video a BANGer

[@enjoyclassicalmusic6006]

🥁🥁🥁

[@Jynx215]

The Danse Macabre is one of my favorite pieces of all time.

[@jukesjointOG]

That was a djembe (from West Africa); *bongos* (which come in pairs) are from Cuba.

[@springbloom7582]

As a Timpanist, thank you!!!!

[@pablov1323]

Very interesting, thanks!

[@dtw_XD]

4:34 That's a washboard, not a guiro? Seems that it's always getting subbed out for other scrapers

[@saratei99]

the piece calls for a guiro but it's not loud enough, and microphones affect the sound quality, so many orchestras use a washboard instead.

[@gnothisauton2116]

I would argue that Tchaikovsky’s cannons also belong to this section. They go waaaaaaay in the back; preferably in the next county.

[@benheneghan8621]

Did I hear him say The Rites of Spring?

[@joeycraighead5595]

This video is riddled with errors. Bongos are not from ancient Africa, but from cuba, nor was that a picture of a bongo. That was not a guiro, it was a washboard, which is similar, but not the same. Percussion ensembles predate minimalism. Marimbas are technically large xylophones, but shouldn't really be referred to that way. That was not Six Marimbas, it was Mallet Quartet (also by Steve Reich). How do you even make some of these errors?

[@cerealbowl7038]

That's not a guiro. That's a washboard.

[@enjoyclassicalmusic6006]

My guiro ignorance exposed!

[@MrClefMusic]

its also pronounced WEEEE ROOW

[@YbarraSFS]

Mahler is not mentioned.

[@GabeGM3]

me about to throw myself out of my window because he called a djembe a bongo

[@thomaswaller7966]

5:30 this is mallet quartet not six marimbas

[@muhamadsofianilhamzhetia1880]

I'm a percussionist and I'm like it :v

[@vladtepes97]

don't pick a fight with a percussionist. we hit things for fun.

[@Xaitheking]

Don't worry i pick fights with all sections

[@Goated_Earl_Sweatshirt]

4:37 thats a washboard

[@TheUnderscore_]

Thumbnail's funny because brass and organs are significantly louder than standard percussion.

[@alv2617]

Lol

[@GabeGM3]

THATS A WASHBOARD NOT A GUIRO IM DONE

[@chipyuto69767]

Erm actually pianos are technically string instruments because the hammers hit strings producing the sound🤓☝️

[@hifijohn]

The sound of the piano comes from a string its not a percussion instrument.

[@justinw.3422]

Technically it falls under both percussion and string. It can't be categorized as a single type or because it will be misleading. Most of the mallet instruments such as tubular bells, xylophone bells marimba etc were inspired by the keys of the piano.

[@faeriegoth]

I was a high school band geek yay hoo hoo and go glockenspiel

[@faeriegoth]

How about ode to joy with the timpani

[@faeriegoth]

Glockenspiel part for mozarts the magic flute?

[@faeriegoth]

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