Posted in: Percussion by clavier on August 25th, 2010 | 1 Comment
Here are among the more well-known world percussion instruments and their country of origin:
The countries and cultures around the world have their own drumming tradition. This makes the concept of world percussion an incredibly large and diverse collection of elements. The emergence of ethnic styles such as Brazilian and Afro-Cuban was also one of the proponents of the increasing importance of the drum set towards the latter part of the 20th century. It was also during this era that drummers began incorporating new sounds and rhythms to the standard configuration of the drum set– for instance, in Afro-Cuban music, using a cross-stick while substituting the snare drum and toms for congas and timbales; the hi-hat for maracas and guiro; and the cymbal bell for the cowbell. Here are among the more well-known world percussion instruments and their country of origin:
Congas, 
bongos, 
timbales, 
cowbell, 
guiro, 
maracas
Pandeiro, 
surdo, 
tamborim, 
quica,
ganza (shaker)
Djembe, 
djun-djun (talking drum), 
African bell, 
gourd shekere
Tabla, 
mridangam
Doumbek (doumbeg), 
darabouka, 
sagat (finger cymbals)
Bodhran, 
frame drum, 
tambourine
Taiko
monica55 August 26th, 2010 at 12:46 am
A wonderfully researched and well written post. Thanks for the read.
Monica.