The marimba has an interesting history in which, oddly enough, Pennsylvania plays a major role. It is one of the oldest of musical instruments. There are records that the marimba existed in a much ...

What is a percussion instrument? A percussion instrument is any musical instrument that’s played by being struck or scraped – that could be by a beater like a drum stick, by the player’s hand, or by ...

The keyboard-percussion instrument glockenspiel, often compared to the xylophone, was popularised by rock acts like Jethro Tull, Rush and Bruce Springsteen’s E. Street Band. But Indian audiences heard ...

ROLI, which makes the Seaboard (new type of keyboard musical instrument), has acquired FXpansion, a maker of software instruments, for an undisclosed sum. London-based FXpansion already makes sounds ...

During the summer at Washburn University, the campus sits quiet for the most part, but enter White Concert Hall during the third week of July and people will hear the sound of percussion instruments ...