Temple blocks

This article is about the percussion instrument. For Chinese wood blocks, see Wooden fish. For other uses, see Temple Block.
Temple blocks
Percussion instrument
Other names
  • Tone blocks
  • skulls
  • wooden bells
  • dragons' mouths
Classification Percussion
Hornbostel–Sachs classification111.242.221
(Sets of hanging bells without internal strikers)
Related instruments
Builders

Temple blocks are a type of percussion instrument consisting of a set of woodblocks. It is descended from the muyu, an instrument originating from eastern Asia, where it is commonly used in religious ceremonies.[1][2]

  1. ^ Blades, James (1992). Percussion Instruments and Their History (Rev. ed.). Bold Strummer. p. 391. ISBN 978-0-933224-71-1. OCLC 28230162.
  2. ^ Beck, John H. (2014). Encyclopedia of Percussion (2nd ed.). Routledge. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-415971-23-2. OCLC 939052116.