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 [1]):

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 [2]. Andrewa (talk) 09:27, 9 March 2012 (UTC)