[starthrower]

Marimba and snare drum are my favorites.

 

[EddieRUKiddingVarese]

Marimba for me too, also like Tom toms

 

[TwoFlutesOneTrumpet]

Good ol' timpani for me. And bass drum. I can't stand the triangle. Sorry triangle fans.

 

[Richannes Wrahms]

Proper percussion: metals (bells, gongs, etc) but not the glockenspiel or the chime tree.

Instruments usually asigned to percussionists: Rain Stick

 

[Orfeo]

Timpani for me, although I like bass drums and snare/side drums also (and the bells!).
Nielsen's employment of the side drums in his Fifth Symphony may likely win many converts. The genius of this man.

 

[hpowders]

My favorite percussion instrument has and always will be the piano.

 

[Terry93D]

Timpani and marimba. Love those things.

 

[Rhinotop]

First, the timpani. The percussion's soul

Also celesta, tam-tam (for shocking moments), vibraphone, tubular bells (for great and solemn sections)

 

[Nate Miller]

this really must be a classical music crowd if after 5 pages no one has even mentioned the cow bell

 

[floatdude]

Marimba, great when you have to play a lot on notes.

 

[Retrograde Inversion]

My current bout of hay-fever inevitably brought a certain silly Saturday Night Live sketch to mind...

 

[madclarinetist]

I honestly love the crotales. They are interesting- especially how they are used with a string bow. However, I love the timpani- I love the intensity of the instrument. Even better, put all of those together! Place the crotale on a timpani and I think you move the tuning pedal to make the sound. By doing so you get this eerie, wind-like, empty sound. Truly wicked. It is used in this piece me and my band our playing called "Gone" by Scott McAllister, part of a clarinet concerto he wrote.

 

[meowmixalot]

My favorite percussion instrument is probably the marimba. I love the low notes and the resonance it has. It creates a beautiful tone.
I recently started renting one made of rosewood and it has such a deep, beautiful sound. I'm so in love.

 

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[hpowders]

My wife's rolling pin. Concussion from percussion.

 

[Bettina]

Piano, if that counts. Second favorite: xylophone. It has lots of potential for special effects. I love the way that Saint-Saëns uses it in Danse Macabre and Carnival of the Animals.

 

[hpowders]

Piano, if that counts. Second favorite: xylophone. It has lots of potential for special effects. I love the way that Saint-Saëns uses it in Danse Macabre and Carnival of the Animals.

Yes, I initially chose piano too. An obvious choice, although the triangle was tough competition.

 

[arkiv1111]

maracas, güiro, bongo, cántaro