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 ...

Whether you are planning to learn a percussion instrument or want to switch from one to another, you need to check out some good percussion instruments for beginners. There are plenty of choices ...

Roughly speaking, there are two broad families of instrument that you're likely to come across when dealing with sampled percussion libraries. The first is orchestral percussion - timpani, snare drum, ...

Darbuka, also known as doumbek (or tumbak), or derbeki, is a Middle Eastern percussion instrument. The goblet-shaped single headed hand-drum is an ancient drum. It was originally played in Egypt, ...

We bashed together as many wooden objects as we could find to deliver some organic percussion samples capable of livening up any drum pattern ...

Yakir Ben-Hur, National Dance Institute, creates beats with a variety of instruments. Create exciting beats and rhythms with Yakir Ben-Hur from the National Dance Institute. Learn about a variety of ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Listen to the varied, explosive, resonant sounds of instruments struck, shaken, pounded, scratched. In the past, we’ve chosen the five minutes or so ...

Andy Akiho's 'Seven Pillars' combines visual effects and flashing lights with unconventional instruments such as glass bottles and boxes for a fun and highly syncopated piece for percussion. Learn ...

A profile of Sandbox Percussion, winner of a 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant Award. After meeting in graduate school in 2011, members Terry Sweeney, Jonny Allen, Victor Caccese, and Ian Rosenbaum ...

Ladies and gentleman, please welcome The Dube into your lives. “What’s The Dube?” Glad you asked. It’ the brainchild of former English international Dion Dublin, best known for his goal-scoring ways ...