List of percussion instruments
- List of percussion instruments
This is a list of percussion instruments.
Tuned percussion
* Antique cymbals
* Celesta
* Chimes (a.k.a. tubular bells)
* Clavinet
* Crotales
* Gong
* Glass harmonica
* Hammered dulcimer
* Handbells
* Hang
* 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
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
* Tamtam
* Tenor drum
* Tom-toms
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
* Siren
* Sleigh bells (a.k.a jingle bells)
* Slide whistle
* Tambourine
* Taxi Horn
* Temple blocks
* Thunder Machine
* triangle
* Typewriter
* Vibraslap
* whip (a.k.a. woodcrack or slapstick)
* Whistle
* Wind machine
* Wood block
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
* Zill
See also
* Brass instruments
* Drum kit
* Gamelan
* Latin percussion
* List of membranophones
* Percussion instruments
* String instruments
* Tuned percussion
* Untuned percussion
* Woodwind instruments
External links
* [http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textp/Percussioninstruments.html Percussion instruments]
* [http://babelaudio.net Babel Audio - Free Samples of Percussion Instruments] – Free audio samples of ethnic percussion instruments for musicians and sound designers.
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