Triangle
A three-sided (triangular shaped) percussion instrument made of a bent metal bar which is sounded by being struck with a steel tangent and produced a high sound of indeterminable pitch.
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SUGGESTED LISTENING EXAMPLES:
- Shostakovich: Ballet Suite No. 1, "Music Box Waltz"
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 20
- Holst: The Planets, Op. 32, "Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity"
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 50
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34, "Fandango asturiano" (middle section)
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 23
- Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 3
VIDEO EXAMPLE:
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