Rhythm

Percussion Toolbox

It may be the subject of unwanted jokes, but this instrument has such a penetrating tone and is so exposed that playing it well is a lot more important than is popularly thought. They that jest are themselves proved foolish!

The triangle dates back to at least the 1400s as a musical instrument and is simply a metal bar bent into a triangle shape (originally without a gap and with round metal rings added that

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