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Gongs - Resonating Sounds from the Orient



The gong is a percussion instrument – most usually a metal disc – which is played by hitting it with a mallet or beater. The word gong originates in Malayasia and the gong is very much a part of the…

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Clackamore - Mouth Resonated Percussion Instrument

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Drums were probably the first sort of musical instruments; people must have found hitting things to be a pretty easy past time. And that’s probably how they discovered foot tapping rhythms, which they must have found good for dancing. Over…

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