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The Joy of Percussion: An Overview of Percussion Instruments by Edited by Paul F Kisak (Paperback / softback, 2015)

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Percussion is commonly referred to as the backbone or the heartbeat of a musical ensemble, often working in close collaboration with bass instruments, when present. In jazz and other popular music ensembles, the pianist, bassist, drummer and sometimes the guitarist are referred to as the rhythm section. Percussion instruments are classified by various criteria sometimes depending on their construction, ethnic origin, function within musical theory and orchestration, or their relative prevalence in common kwledge. The word percussion has evolved from Latin terms: percussio (which translates as to beat, strike in the musical sense, rather than the violent action), and percussus (which is a un meaning a beating ). As a un in contemporary English it is described in Wiktionary as the collision of two bodies to produce a sound. The usage of the term is t unique to music but has application in medicine and weaponry, as in percussion cap, but all kwn and common uses of the word, percussion, appear to share a similar lineage beginning with the original Latin: percussus. In a musical context then, the term percussion instruments may have been coined originally to describe a family of musical instruments including drums, rattles, metal plates, or blocks which musicians would beat or strike to produce sound.

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Author Biography
Paul F. Kisak was classically trained (on the drum kit) by percussionist Wayne Pascuzzi of The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and subsequently trained (hand percussion) by Traci Seffers, Jona Masiya, Marimbarista and Jim Donovan of the Band Rusted Root, over a period of 48 years. He continues to play with the Shenandoah Rythym Jam of Northern Virginia. This book is designed to be a general overview of the topic and provide you with the structured knowledge to familiarize yourself with the topic at the most affordable price possible. The level of discussion is that of Wikipedia. The accuracy and knowledge is of an international viewpoint as the edited articles represent the inputs of many knowledgeable individuals and some of the most currently available general knowledge on the topic, based on the date of publication.
Date of Publication
07/08/2015
Country of Publication
United States