go to the symphony

According to the program notes, all the following were used at one time or another in last night’s concert:
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Timpani = kettle drums
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timpani
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Orchestral bass drum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_drum
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Chimes = tubular bells
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimes
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Mark Tree = chime tree = solid cylindrical chimes = a set of bar chimes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_tree
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Tuned drum ? (Both timpani & bass drums can be tuned.)
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cymbals, small and large
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbal
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Xylophone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylophone
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vibes = vibraphone = vibraharp (similar to xylophone, but bars are made of aluminum not wood)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibes_(percussion)
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Glockenspiel (similar to xylophone, but bars are made of metal not wood)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glockenspiel
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Celesta (sounds sort of like a Glockenspiel, looks like a an upright piano or a large wooden box with a keyboard)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celesta
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Triangle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_(instrument)
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gong, small
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong
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tom-tom (a cylindrical drum with no snare)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom-tom_drum
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snare drum (a drum with strands of snares made of curled metal wire, metal cable, plastic cable, or gut cords stretched across the drumhead, typically the bottom)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snare_drum
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tenor drum (a cylindrical drum that is a low-pitched drum, higher pitched than a bass drum, similar in size to a field snare, but without snares and played with soft mallets or hard sticks)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor_drum
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wood block (struck with a stick)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_block
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tambourine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambourine

It was the debut of a new conductor/music director, Shizuo Kuwahara, who calls himself “Z”. He was very energetic and enthusiastic, and the audience was curious. The last music director had been in Augusta for many years, and seemed to be very well-liked, so it will be interesting to see how well Z is received by this community. I’ve still got tickets to two more concerts.