List of percussion instruments
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This is a list of percussion instruments.
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[edit] Tuned percussion
- Antique cymbals
- Celesta
- Chimes (a.k.a. tubular bells)
- Clavinet
- Crotales
- Gong
- Glass harmonica
- Hammered dulcimer
- Handbells
- Lithophone
- Marimba
- Marimbaphone
- Metallophone
- Orchestra bells (a.k.a. glockenspiel or bell lyre)
- The harp stop and other effects on the organ
- Piano
- Rototoms
- Steel drums
- Timpani (a.k.a kettle drum)
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
- Xylorimba
[edit] Untuned percussion
- Bass drum
- Bell tree
- Bones (instrument)
- Chime tree (a.k.a. mark tree)
- China cymbal
- Crash cymbals
- Cymbal
- Gong (has a definite pitch, but is not often tuned)
- Hi-hat
- Kick drum (see drum kit)
- Pogo cello
- Ride cymbal
- Sizzle cymbal
- Snare drum
- Splash cymbal
- Spoon (musical instrument)
- Suspended cymbal
- Tabla
- taiko drum
- Tam-tam
- Tenor drum
- Tom-toms
[edit] Auxiliary percussion
- anvil
- dayereh zangi
- Doyra
- Frame drum
- Finger cymbals
- Flexatone
- Glass harp
- Jam blocks
- Lagerphone
- Marching machine
- mendoza (a.k.a. monkey stick)
- ratchet
- rattle
- Sand blocks
- Sleigh bells
- Slide whistle
- Tambourine
- Temple blocks
- Thunder machine
- triangle
- Vibraslap
- whip (a.k.a. woodcrack or slapstick)
- Whistle
- Wind machine
- Wood block
[edit] Latin/Afro-Caribbean percussion
- Atabaque
- Bàtá
- Bongo drums
- Brake drum
- Cabasa
- Castanets
- Cajón (box drums)
- Claves
- Conga
- Cowbell
- Cuíca
- Djembe
- Güiro
- Jawbone
- Maracas
- Pandeiro
- Scraper
- Shekere
- tambora
- Timbales
[edit] See also
- Brass instruments
- Drum kit
- Gamelan
- Latin percussion
- List of membranophones
- Percussion instruments
- String instruments
- Tuned percussion
- Untuned percussion
- Woodwind instruments
