Talk:Percussion (disambiguation)

Hornbostel–Sachs
In Hornbostel–Sachs classification the term percussion is used in a completely different sense to the current common usage, e.g. (my bolding, italicised text from ):


 * 111.1 Concussion idiophones or clappers, played in pairs and beaten against each other, such as zills, clapsticks and some cymbals 111.142.


 * 111.2 Percussion idiophones, includes many percussion instruments played with the hand or by a percussion mallet, such as the hang, gongs and the xylophone 111.212, but not drums and only suspended cymbals 111.24 (and that code includes the steel drum so I'm sure there's a more detailed one).


 * 21 Struck drums, includes most types of drum, such as the timpani 211.11-922 and snare drum 211.212.1 (actually, 211.212.1 also includes double-headed tom-toms and bass drums, but I can't find a more specific code for snares, I'm sure there is one).


 * 412.11 Concussion reeds, includes for example the oboe 422.112-71.


 * 412.12 Percussion reeds, a class of wind instrument unrelated to percussion in the more common sense, includes for example the clarinet 422.211.2-71.

Not quite sure where this information belongs, or even whether it belongs at all, but it's a much-needed clarification if we're to use this classification system as we do. Andrewa (talk) 09:16, 9 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I've had a go . Andrewa (talk) 09:27, 9 March 2012 (UTC)