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THE SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS OF ACOUSTICS - H. H. Arnold ...

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18.11 Percussion Instruments 555Figure 18.37. Layout and tonal segmentation of different steel drums: (a) lead pan (soprano),(b) double tenor (alto), (c) double second (tenor), (d) cello, and (e) bass (fromFletcher and Rossing, 1998 with acknowledgment to Clifford Alexis).These drums are fabricated by first hammering the head of an oil barrel into theshape of a shallow basin. A pattern of grooves is cut with a nail to delineate sectionsof different notes. Each section is “ponged up” or shaped with a hammer. Afterthe drum is heat-tempered, each section is tuned by the adept use of a hammer.Figure 18.37 shows the layout and the tonal segmentation of different types ofsteel drums.Indefinite pitch instruments include the triangle, which is a steel rod bent intoa triangular shape that is struck by a metal beater. Because the triangle undergoesa complex vibration when struck, the fundamentals and the overture forman indefinite noise mixture. The bass drum, a hollow cylinder of wood or metal

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