Questions about the Percussion poster

What’s on the Percussion poster?

Pitched — plays notes against Unpitched — colour and rhythm, side by side. Pitched — plays notes: Timpani — tuned by pedal, the orchestral anchor; Pitched — plays notes: Xylophone — bright, wooden, short; Pitched — plays notes: Marimba — lower, warmer, longer bars; Pitched — plays notes: Vibraphone — metal, with a sustain pedal; Pitched — plays notes: Glockenspiel — small metal bars, very bright; Pitched — plays notes: Tubular bells — struck at the top edge; Unpitched — colour and rhythm: Snare drum — rolls, marches, accents; Unpitched — colour and rhythm: Bass drum — weight and thunder; Unpitched — colour and rhythm: Cymbals — crash, suspended, hi-hat; Unpitched — colour and rhythm: Triangle — cuts through anything; Unpitched — colour and rhythm: Tambourine, woodblock, castanets; Unpitched — colour and rhythm: Gong / tam-tam — the biggest crescendo available; The percussion section is the only one where a single player routinely covers a dozen…. Timpani are notated on a bass staff with real pitches. Most unpitched percussion uses a single-line staff.

Who is the Percussion poster for?

Percussion belongs to the Music section rather than to a school year, because music is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning instruments can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Percussion poster?

Ask whether it plays a tune. That single question sorts the whole section. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Percussion belongs on the wall where that music work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Percussion?

Bass Guitar, The Brass Family and Cello Basics sit alongside Percussion in the Music section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Bass GuitarThe Brass FamilyCello Basics

Is the Percussion poster free to download and print?

Yes. Percussion downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Music section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Percussion poster print at?

Percussion is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Percussion loses nothing.Printing guide