Flexaton

The flexatone or fleximetal is a modern percussion instrument (an indirectly struck idiophone) consisting of a small flexible metal sheet suspended in a wire frame ending in a handle.

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Percussion is music involving drums and other instruments such as gongs, bells, cymbals, rattles, and tambourines. The instruments themselves are also called percussion.

Similarly to the musical saw, bending the giant flexatone makes the pitch lower, and wobbling it creates vibrato; it also can be bowed or struck. The approximate range of it spans C5-C7.

Playatone Co. The flexatone is a rather modern instrument. Although we do not have any record of who exactly invented the flexatone, the flexatone was first patented in 1922 in the Britain, then in 1924, Playatone Co. patented the 'Flex-a-tone' in the USA, which marketed it as an instrument that would “make Jazz jazzier” (fig.

The Wikipedia article on the Flexatone describes it as one such later invention, patented first in the 1920s in Britain and soon after the US, and used early on as “funny sound effect”, for theatrical use rather, but also in jazz music circles.

The flexatone is a rather modern instrument. Although we do not have any record of who exactly invented the flexatone, the flexatone was first patented in 1922 in the Britain, then in 1924, Playatone Co. patented the 'Flex-a-tone' in the USA, which marketed it as an instrument that would “make Jazz jazzier” (fig.

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Based on clinical use there are three types of percussion – comparative, topographic and auscultatory.

Percussion is commonly referred to as "the backbone" or "the heartbeat" of a musical ensemble, often working in close collaboration with bass instruments, when present. In jazz and other popular music ensembles, the pianist, bassist, drummer and sometimes the guitarist are referred to as the rhythm section.

The tuba has the lowest pitch range, and it compares with the cello in terms of pitch range. The trumpet has the broadest pitch range in the brass family, similar to the clarinet. Pitch range is one factor to think about when choosing an instrument to learn.

Trembita. This unique and distinctive wind instrument was listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest musical instrument in the world. The Trembita is made of solid wood and looks like a tube length of which is up to 4 meters.