THE SPECIFIC APPLICATION AND PRACTICE OF PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF WESTERN ORCHESTRAS

Percussion instruments, as one of the oldest and most diverse instruments in the music world, have a development history full of the imprints of human civilization. From ancient times, humans have been producing rhythms and conveying messages by striking their bodies or stones, which can be regarded as the rudimentary form of percussion music. With the progress of civilization and the development of music, percussion instruments gradually became one of the earliest types of playing instruments.