Which is the percussion instrument named from two Greek words meaning wood and sound?
Xylophone The most significant addition to the standard xylophone skill set is the McLellan Technique, developed at Indiana University in 2007. This technique involves placing the head of a mallet in between two adjacent bars, and rapidly spinning the shaft of the mallet in between the index finger and thumb, thereby causing the head to rotate rapidly and scrape against both bars. This creates a cluster chord with ethereal timbre, and is most commonly used in percussion ensemble repertoire. Xylophone The xylophone (from the Greek words —"xylon", "wood" + —"phōnē", "sound, voice", meaning "wooden sound") is a musical instrument in the
Percussion instrument cultural group. This category includes instruments which are widely available and popular throughout the world: Different objects are used to strike a percussion instrument in order to produce its sound. The general term for a musician who plays percussion instruments is "percussionist" but the terms listed below are often used to describe a person's specialties: Percussion instrument A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater (including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles); struck, scraped or rubbed by hand; or struck against another similar instrument. The percussion family is believed to