Arts & Creative

Percussion

Rhythm, time, and the heartbeat of any ensemble.

Percussion covers drums, mallet keyboards, hand percussion, and the full battery of instruments that mark time and color a piece. Learning it builds precise rhythm, four-way coordination, dynamic control, and the ability to hold a tempo that an entire ensemble relies on. It underlies nearly every kind of music, from orchestral and jazz to Latin, rock, and traditions across the world.