Instrumentation and Score Preparation

Assignment 7: Percussion and Keyboard Name:_______________________

1. Define the following terms:

a. Idiophone (list three examples):

b. Membranophone (list three examples):

c. Crotales:

d. Celesta:

e. Ratchet:

f. Guiro:

g. Thunder sheet:

2. List the differences between a xylophone, a marimba, and a vibraphone:

3. How many timpani are usual in a set? What are their sizes? How does the player
change the tuning of each drum?

4. List the size and notate the ranges of four different timpani:

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5. What kinds of different beaters may be used with timpani? Why are different
beaters used?

6. Notate and describe six ways to get different sounds from cymbals (both crash
and suspended). Think about different beaters, where the cymbal is hit, and what
kinds of cymbals are used.

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7. Notate a cymbal roll of 6 beats duration that begins pianissimo, crescendos to
fortissimo, and ends abruptly on the seventh beat.

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8. Define the following snare drum rudiments, and show the notation:
a. Flam:
b. Ruff:
c. Roll:
9. Notate the written ranges for the following instruments:

a. Piano

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b. Organ (pedal board, and manuals)

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c. Xylophone =========

d. Marimba =========

e. Vibraphone =========

f. Glockenspiel =========
10. What do the three pedals on a grand piano do?

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11. What are the differences between Chinese Temple Blocks and Wood Blocks?

12. What are some differences between gongs and tam tam?

13. On a score page, show the set-up for a large orchestra percussion section
including the following instruments: Timpani, Glockenspiel, Marimba, Triangles
(large and small), Suspended Cymbal, Snare Drum, Tambourine, Wood Blocks,
Bass Drum, Lion's Roar, Piano.