H6 Dance Flashcards
How to play percussion instruments
beat, shake, grate
What are the 2 groups of percussion instruments?
Membranophones, idiophones (both pitched or unpitched)
Membranophones
Percussion instruments in which the vibration of a head provides the sound. (bongos, unpitched / timpani, pitched
Idiophones
Percussion instruments where the material of the instrument itself provides the sound (triangle, unpitched / xylophone, pitched
Drums
Collection of percussion instruments (with a head)
The basic drum set consists of:
Bass drum, snare drum, hi-hat cymbals, high- low- floor tom (1,2,3), crash cymbal, ride cymbal
Function bass- snare drum and hi-hat.
Used for the basic drum rythm
Function crash cymbal
accents
Function ride cymbal
Can be used instead of the hi-hat.
Function toms
used for playing fills (interruption of the groove with another rythm
6/8
6 beats in every bar, 8th note lasts 1 beat