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Percussion instrument

A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Excluding zoomusicological instruments and the human voice, the percussion family is believed to include the oldest musical…

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Percussion instrument

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related to Further reading · 19
Percussion instrument → Acoustics, Ancient Chinese Bells, Archived, Different Dreams, ISBN, James Blades, May, Percussion Instruments, Retrieved, Rochester Press, Same Bed, Schick, Scientific American, Shen, Sinyan, Steven, The Percussionist's Art, Their History, University
related to Names for percussionists · 19
Percussion instrument → Balafonist, Bombisto, Bongocero, Congalero, Cymbalist, Djembefola, Dominican, Drummer, Dununfola, Glockenspielist, Güirero, Marimbist, Panman, Snare, The, Timbalero, Timpanist, Vibraphonist, Xylophonist
related to Classification · 8
Percussion instrument → As, English, However, In, Latin, Percussion, The, Wiktionary
related to Function · 8
Percussion instrument → Haydn, However, In, Most, Mozart, Percussion, Rather, The
related to External links · 7
Percussion instrument → Africa, Drummer Brasil, Himalayas, Information, Museum, New Guinea, Website
related to By percussive beater · 4
Percussion instrument → Hands, Step, Tap, The
related to By musical function or orchestration · 3
Percussion instrument → For, Other, When
related to Percussion notation · 3
Percussion instrument → More, Music, The
related to By cultural significance or tradition · 2
Percussion instrument → It, This
is a · 1
Percussion instrument → musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck

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instruments percussion drums cymbals drum musical music sound timpani bass plays percussionists hand produce player snare triangle xylophone piano pitch

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Percussion instrumentis amusical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck0.90text
the timpaniinstance ofaerophone and chordophone.The percussion section of an orchestra most commonly contains instruments0.80text
snare druminstance ofaerophone and chordophone.The percussion section of an orchestra most commonly contains instruments0.80text
bass druminstance ofaerophone and chordophone.The percussion section of an orchestra most commonly contains instruments0.80text
tambourineinstance ofaerophone and chordophone.The percussion section of an orchestra most commonly contains instruments0.80text
belonging to the membranophonesinstance ofaerophone and chordophone.The percussion section of an orchestra most commonly contains instruments0.80text
and cymbalsinstance ofaerophone and chordophone.The percussion section of an orchestra most commonly contains instruments0.80text
triangleinstance ofaerophone and chordophone.The percussion section of an orchestra most commonly contains instruments0.80text
which are idiophonesinstance ofaerophone and chordophone.The percussion section of an orchestra most commonly contains instruments0.80text
the glockenspielinstance ofbut keyboard percussion instruments0.80text
xylophoneinstance ofbut keyboard percussion instruments0.80text
the celestainstance ofKeyboard instruments0.80text

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