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  2. Percussion instrument - Wikipedia

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    Orchestral percussion section with timpani, unpitched auxiliary percussion and pitched tubular bells Djembé and balafon played by Susu people of Guinea Concussion idiophones (), and struck drums Modern Japanese taiko percussion ensemble Very large drum kit played by Terry Bozzio Mridangam, an Indian percussion instrument, played by T. S. Nandakumar Evelyn Glennie is a percussion soloist

  3. List of percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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    Collection of percussion instruments. This is a wide-ranging, inclusive list of percussion instruments. It includes: Instruments classified by Hornbostel–Sachs as struck or friction idiophones, struck or friction membranophones or struck chordophones.

  4. Percussion section - Wikipedia

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    A percussion section with pitched percussion (tubular bells, background), auxiliary percussion (crash cymbals, suspended cymbal, snare drum and bass drum) and timpani (foreground) in use. The percussion section is one of the main divisions of the orchestra and the concert band. It includes most percussion instruments and all unpitched instruments.

  5. Lists of tuned and untuned percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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    This is a partitioned list of percussion instruments showing their usage as tuned or untuned. See pitched percussion instrument for discussion of the differences between tuned and untuned percussion. The term pitched percussion is now preferred to the traditional term tuned percussion: Each list is alphabetical.

  6. Percussion ensemble - Wikipedia

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    A percussion ensemble is a musical ensemble consisting of only percussion instruments. Although the term can be used to describe any such group, ...

  7. Classification of percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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    Musical usage, in particular the traditional division into tuned percussion and untuned percussion, and the similar and more modern division into pitched percussion and unpitched percussion. The means of playing the instrument and skills required to play it, for example the grouping together of mallet percussion instruments, or of hand ...

  8. Percussion notation - Wikipedia

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    Percussion notation is a type of musical notation indicating notes to be played by percussion instruments. As with other forms of musical notation, sounds are represented by symbols which are usually written onto a musical staff (or stave). Percussion instruments are generally grouped into two categories: pitched and non-pitched. The notation ...

  9. Marching percussion - Wikipedia

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    Marching percussion instruments are percussion instruments (usually drums, such as snare, bass, and tenor drums) specially designed to be played while moving.

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