Percussion: Pitched & Unpitched

An A3 wall chart of the orchestral percussion family, split into pitched and unpitched instruments with their transposition and notation conventions, plus practical panels on laying out a part and common mistakes.

What's inside

• A pitched-instruments table — timpani, glockenspiel, xylophone, marimba, vibraphone, tubular bells and celesta — with each instrument's sounding octave
• An unpitched-instruments table covering snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, tambourine, wood block and tam-tam
• Notation conventions — the roll, one-line and cross-head noteheads, let it ring (l.v.), and timpani tuning changes
• Practical panels on laying out a percussion part, choosing sticks and mallets, and common mistakes to avoid