Instruments: Percussion | Philharmonia Orchestra (London, UK)

In this film, David Corkhill introduces some of his instruments in the percussion section. Vibraphone - 00:07 Xylophone - 02:29 Marimba - 03:31 Glockenspiel - 04:53 Bass Drum - 05:54 Tam-Tam - 07:19 Snare Drum - 08:57 Cymbals - 10:49 Triangle - 13:14 Crotales - 14:17 Tambourine - 15:16 To learn more about the percussion section visit Why not download our iPad app The Orchestra to learn even more? Visit for more information. “Have you seen the app called ’The Orchestra’? It is astonishing. For somebody who can’t read music to learn how an orchestra functions, to be able to see from the perspective of a flute or a second violin, is really enlightening.“ - Sir John Eliot Gardiner, quoted in an interview by Richard Fairman, Financial Times, February 2014