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Percussion instruments are those we shake or strike to make a sound. Since prehistoric times they have been around as people made rhythms by clapping their hands or beating their chests. One of the earliest drums was made from hollowed tree trunks and covered with animal skins.
For that matter, instruments that make noise can be loosely included such as castanets, claves, maracas, bongos, drums, tambourine, triangle, hi-hat cymbal, cowbell and gong.
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This is the time of year where many students and parents are looking for the best deal on new band instruments for school. This article provides a list of several reputable online retailers of quality band instruments.
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All teachers will inevitably run into a brass student that struggles to produce a solid, focused tone, but even those with the most stubborn embouchure problems can be helped with a little common sense and more than a little ingenuity.
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How often do you as a brass or woodwind musician overwork your lips so much that they tingle or hurt after a rehearsal or a gig? All musicians are guilty of pushing their lips too far or too long, and while we all know we shouldn't do it sometimes we have no choice. The show must go on, right? While an athlete can throw on a bandage or an ice pack to help cool the swelling of overexertion musicians have been left with little in terms of useful remedies. Musicians now also have a remedy that claims to help reduce injury and speed healing of overworked lip tissues but the big question is, does it work? Â
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