Percussion instrument and musical sound generation method

A percussion instrument, comprising:

• a percussed object, percussed by a player;
• an operator, rotatable and provided to adjust a musical sound generated at a time when the percussed object is percussed;
• and a first sensor, detecting a position of the operator,
• wherein the percussion instrument is able to generate information for controlling the musical sound in accordance with the position of the operator detected by the first sensor.

A musical sound generation method, provided for a percussion instrument comprising:

• a percussed object, percussed by a player;
• an operator, rotatable and provided to adjust a musical sound generated at a time when the percussed object is percussed;
• and a first sensor, detecting a position of the operator between an initial position and a terminal position of a rotation operation of the operator, the musical sound generation method comprising:
• generating the musical sound based on the position of the operator detected by the first sensor.