Cymbal being played in Kitauji's Sunrise Festival performance
Percussion (パーカッション Pākasshon) is a family of instruments that produce sound by being struck, shaken, or scraped. A musician who plays percussion instruments is called a percussionist or simply a percussion player.
Instruments[]
Percussion instruments are most commonly divided into two classes: Pitched percussion, which produce notes with an identifiable pitch, and unpitched percussion, which produce notes or sounds without an identifiable pitch.
Pitched[]
Unpitched[]
As portrayed in Sound! Euphonium[]
There are six students that play percussion instruments in Kitauji High School Concert Band, including:
- Narai Tanabe - Principal Percussion, Percussion Section Leader
- Masako Sakai
- Saki Kayama
- Miyoko Oono - Percussion Section Leader (Our Promise)
- Junna Inoue - Percussion Section Leader (Sound! Euphonium 3)
- Tsubame Kamaya
In Sound! Euphonium: The Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day, several more percussionists join the ensemble:
In Sound! Euphonium 3, two new percussionists join the ensemble:
In addition, the section's percussion instructor, Masahiro Hashimoto, majored in percussion performance in college.
Trivia[]
- The percussion family is believed to include the oldest musical instruments, following the human voice.
- Percussionists are required to play multiple instruments in the orchestra or band, unlike other players who are limited to one instrument each. Being a percussionist is a highly respected job and is in charge of providing guidance and timing to the rest of the band. Hence, without percussion, the band is unable to function well.
Gallery[]
- Instruments
| Woodwinds | |
|---|---|
| Brass | |
| Strings | |
| Percussion | |
| Other | |