Portal:Percussion/Did you know/Archives
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This is a list of previous, current, and upcoming DYKs on the percussion portal. To suggest another selection, please go to the talk page. Currently selections are on a monthly basis.
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- ...that Avedis Zildjian, the namesake of Avedis Zildjian Company, created cymbals as early as 1623?
- ...that a young male player of the agung, a set of two gongs, would be allowed to interact with young, unmarried women while others of his age would not?
- ...that Elliot Carter wrote Eight Pieces for Four Timpani as a study in metric modulation?
- ...that the first instrument to be titled a vibraphone entered the market in 1921?
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[edit] March 2008
- ...that the monkey stick, a traditional percussion instrument from England, is made from a pole attached to a boot?
- ...that both bones and spoons are played as instruments?
- ...that the berimbau is used extensively in the Brazilian martial art of capoeira?
[edit] April 2008
- ...that the pataflafla is a rudiment, one of the standard patterns in snare drum performance?
- ...that Neil Peart, the drummer from Rush, is also its primary lyricist?
- ...that Charlie Adams played an upside down drum set?
