List 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. Where an instrument meets this definition but is often or traditionally excluded from the term percussion this is noted.
- Instruments commonly used as unpitched and/or untuned percussion.
- Instruments commonly part of the percussion section of a band or orchestra.
These three groups overlap heavily, but inclusion in any one is sufficient for an instrument to be included in this list. However, when only a specific subtype of the instrument qualifies as a percussion instrument, only that subtype is listed here. For example, a samba whistle (or apito) is an unpitched percussion instrument, but a whistle in general is not.
For brevity, synonyms represented in Wikipedia by redirects to a main article are not listed, but may be mentioned as a note. Only the main article names are listed in these cases. For example, apito is listed but samba whistle is merely noted as an alternate name. A distinct instrument or type represented only by a redirect to an article section should however be shown. Instruments represented only by redlinks have no Wikipedia articles as yet but are shown.
See list of percussion instruments by type for some shorter, more focused lists. Use the sorting arrows on the common usage column to group instruments as pitched, unpitched or both. Use the sorting arrows on the Classification column to group instruments according to their Hornbostel–Sachs classification.
Percussion instruments
Name(s) | Picture | Origin | Common usage | Hornbostel–Sachs Classification | References and notes |
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Aburukuwa | Ghana | Unpitched | 211 Membranophone | ||
Acme siren | England | Unpitched | Aerophone | ||
Afoxé | Brazil | Unpitched | 112.122 Idiophone | ||
Agogô | Yoruba | Unpitched | 111.242 Idiophone | Commonly used in Samba. | |
Agung | Philippines | Unpitched | 111.241.2 Idiophone | ||
Agung a tamlang | Philippines | 111.24 Idiophone | |||
Alarm device | Both | May be electronic or mechanical | |||
Alfaia | Brazil | Unpitched | 211.212.1 Membranophone | ||
Alligator drum | China | Unpitched | 211.2 Membranophone | ||
Angklung | Indonesia | Pitched | 111.232 Idiophone | [1] | |
Anvil | Unpitched | 111 Idiophone | A similar-sounding alternative is often used due to the weight of the blacksmith's anvil[2] | ||
Apito | Brazil | Unpitched | 421.221.11 Aerophone | Also known as samba whistle. Some apitos produce up to three different tones, but none of these is normally used as a pitched note.[3] | |
Ashiko | Yoruba | Unpitched | 211.251.1 Membranophone | ||
Atabaque | Brazil | Unpitched | 211.221.1 Membranophone | ||
Babendil | Philippines | Unpitched | 111.242.1 Idiophone | ||
Bak | Korea | Unpitched | 111.12 Idiophone | ||
Balafon | Mali | Pitched | 111.212 Idiophone | ||
Bamboula | Unpitched | 211.212.1 Membranophone | |||
Bara | West Africa | Unpitched | 211.11 Membranophone | ||
Bass drum | Unpitched | 211.212.1 Membranophone | |||
Batá drum | Nigeria | Unpitched | 211.242.12 Membranophone | ||
Beatboxing | Both | 4 Aerophone | |||
Bedug | Indonesia | Unpitched | 211.212.1 Membranophone | ||
Bell | China | Both | 111.242 Idiophone | ||
Bell plate | Asia | Pitched | 111.222 Idiophone | ||
Bell tree | Unpitched | 111.242.221 Idiophone | Often confused with mark tree | ||
Bendir | North Africa | Unpitched | 211.311 Membranophone | ||
Berimbau | Brazil | Pitched | Chordophone | ||
Bianzhong | China | Pitched | Idiophone | ||
Binzasara | Japan | Unpitched | Idiophone | ||
Bo | China | Unpitched | Idiophone | ||
Bock-a-da-bock | Unpitched | 111.1 Idiophone | |||
Bodhrán | Ireland | Unpitched | 211.321 Membranophone | ||
Body percussion | Unpitched | Membranophone | |||
Bombo criollo | Unpitched | Membranophone | A family of Latin American drums derived from the European bass drum | ||
Bonang | Indonesia | Pitched | 111.241.2 Idiophone | ||
Bones (instrument) | Unpitched | 111.11 Idiophone | |||
Bongo drum | Cuba | Unpitched | 211.251.2 Membranophone | ||
Boobam | United States | Unpitched | 211.211.1 Membranophone | ||
Boomwhacker | United States | Pitched | Idiophone | Plastic percussion tubes | |
Bougarabou | West Africa | Unpitched | 211.261.2 Membranophone | ||
Bubon | Ukraine | Unpitched | 232.311 Membranophone | Type of skinned Tambourine | |
Buk | Korea | Unpitched | 211.222.1 Membrarophone | ||
Cabasa | Unpitched | 112.122 Idiophone | |||
Cajón | Peru | Unpitched | 111.24 Idiophone | Box Drum | |
Cajón de rumba | Cuba | Unpitched | 111.24 Idiophone | ||
Calung | Indonesia | Pitched | 111.232 Idiophone | ||
Carimbo | Africa | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Candombe drums | Uruguay | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Cannon | Unpitched | Pyrophone | Used in 1812 Overture | ||
Cantaro | Mexico | ||||
Carillon | Belgium | Pitched | 111.242.2 Idiophone | A type of bell tower inner workings. | |
Castanets | Unpitched | 111.141 Idiophone | |||
Caxirola | Brazil | Unpitched | Idiophone | ||
Caxixi | West Africa | Unpitched | 112.13 | African basket rattle | |
Celesta | France | Pitched | 111.222 Idiophone | As a keyboard instrument, not part of the percussion section of the orchestra[4] | |
Chácaras | Canary Islands | Unpitched | 111.141 Idiophone | ||
Chenda | India | Unpitched | 211.212 Membranophone | ||
Chime bar | Pitched | 111.221 Idiophone | |||
Chime (bell instrument) | Pitched | 111.242.2 Idiophone | |||
China cymbal | Unpitched | 111.24 Idiophone | |||
Cimbalom | Pitched | Chordophone | |||
Clapper | Unpitched | Idiophone | |||
Clapping | Unpitched | Idiophone | |||
Clap stick | Australia | Unpitched | 111.11 Idiophone | ||
Clash cymbals | Unpitched | 111.142 Idiophone | |||
Claves | Unpitched | 111.11 Idiophone | |||
Clavichord | Pitched | 314.122-4-8 Chordophone | Sound formed by striking the strings, but played as a keyboard instrument | ||
Clay drum | |||||
Cocktail drum | Unpitched | Membranophone | |||
Conga | Cuba | Unpitched | 211.221.1 Membranophone | ||
Cowbell | Both | 111.242 Idiophone | Tuned cowbells are known as almglocken or alpine bells[5] | ||
Crotale | Both | 111.24 Idiophone | |||
Crystallophone | Pitched | Idiophone | |||
Cuíca | Disputed | Pitched | 231.11 Friction Membranophone | ||
Cup chime | Pitched | 111.24 Idiophone | The only pitched cymbal, it is identical to a bell cymbal in all but usage | ||
Cymbal | Unpitched | 111 Idiophone | |||
Dabakan | Philippines | Unpitched | 211 Membranophone, although shape is variously described as goblet, hourglass, conical, or tubular. | ||
Daf | Iran | Unpitched | 211.311 Membranophone | Also known as Dafli, Dap, Def, Tef, Defi, Gaval, Duf, and larger ones defi or daire | |
Damaru | South Asia | Unpitched | 212 Membranophone | Type of Pellet drum. | |
Damphu | Nepal | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Đàn tam thập lục | Vietnam | Pitched | Chordophone | Type of hammered dulcimer. | |
Davul | Unpitched | 211.212 Membranophone | |||
Daxophone | Germany | Pitched | 132.1 Friction Idiophone | Bowed percussion invented by Hans Reichel | |
Dayereh | Iran | Unpitched | 211.311 Membranophone | Also known as doyra, dojra, dajre, doira, dajreja | |
Den-den daiko | Japan | Unpitched | 212 Membranophone | Type of Pellet drum. | |
Derkach | Ukraine | Unpitched | 112.24 Idiophone | Type of ratchett | |
Dhaa | Nepal | Unpitched | 211.212 Membranophone | ||
Dhimay | Nepal | Unpitched | 211.212 Membranophone | ||
Dholak | South Asia | Both | 211.222.1 Membranophone | Also known as dholki, similar to dohl | |
Dhol | India | Both | 211.212.1 Membranophone | The bass head is pitched, the treble often unpitched, see pitched percussion instruments easily mistaken for unpitched | |
Dholak | India | Membranophone | |||
Dimdi | India | Unpitched | 211.311 Membranophone | ||
Djembe | Mandinka | Unpitched | 211.261.1 Membranophone | ||
Dohol | Middle East | Both | 211.212.1 Membranophone | ||
Dollu | India | Unpitched | 211.222.1 Membranophone | ||
Đông Sơn drums | Vietnam | Bronze drums | |||
Drum stick | Unpitched | 111.11 Idiophone | |||
Dunun | Mandé | Both | 211.212.1 Membranophone | In ballet style playing, a repeating melody is played on three pitched drums | |
Egg shaker | Unpitched | 112.13 Idiophone | |||
Ekwe | Nigeria | Unitched | 111.24 Idiophone | A type of Slit drum | |
Electronic drum | England | Both | 53 Electrophone | ||
Esterilla | Colombia | Unpitched | Idiophone | ||
Ferrinho | Cape Verde | Unpitched | Idiophone | ||
Fiddlesticks | Chordophone | ||||
Finger snapping | Unpitched | Idiophone | |||
Flexatone | Unpitched | 112.12 Idiophone | |||
Flower drum | China | Unpitched | Idiophone | ||
Fontomfrom | Ghana | Membranophone | |||
Found object | |||||
Frame drum | Unpitched | 211.3 Membranophone | |||
Friction drum | Both | Membranophone | A drum where a stick or chord is drawn through a hole in the membrane to make a sound. | ||
Galgo | Korea | Unpitched | 211.242.1 Membranophone | ||
Gandingan | Philippines | Unpitched | 111.241.2 Idiophone | ||
Ganzá | Brazil | Unpitched | 112.13 | ||
Gbedu | Yoruba | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Gendèr | Indonesia | Pitched | 111.222 Idiophone | ||
Geophone | France | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Ghatam | India | Unpitched | Idiophone | ||
Glasschord | |||||
Glass harmonica | United States | Pitched | 133.2 Idiophone | Specifically a friction Idiophone | |
Glass harp | Ireland | Pitched | 133.2 Idiophone | Specifically a friction Idiophone | |
Glockenspiel | Pitched | 111.222 Idiophone | |||
Goblet drum | Unpitched | 211.261 Membranophone | Generic type by construction, see also individual instrument names | ||
Goema | South Africa | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Gong | China | Pitched | 111.241.1 Idiophone | ||
Gong bass drum | Japan | Unpitched | 211.311 Membranophone | ||
Gonguê | Brazil | Unpitched | 111.242 Idiophone | ||
Gubguba | India | 32 Chordophone | |||
Gudugudu | Yoruba | Pitched | 211.11 Membranophone | ||
Güira | Dominican Republic | Unpitched | 112.23 Idiophone | ||
Güiro | Unpitched | 112.23 Idiophone | Also known as scraper | ||
Hammered dulcimer | Pitched | Chordophone | Listed as a stringed instrument in some classifications | ||
Hand bell | England | Both | 111.242 Idiophone | ||
Handchime | Pitched | 111.231 Idiophone | |||
Hand-repique | Brazil | Unpitched | 211.211.1 Membranophone | ||
Hang | Switzerland | Pitched | 111.24 Idiophone | ||
Hi-hat | Unpitched | 111.142 Idiophone | |||
Hosho | Zimbabwe | Unpitched | 112.13 Idiophone | ||
Huiringua | Type of slit drum | ||||
Hydraulophone | |||||
Hyoshigi | Japan | Unpitched | 111.11 Idiophone | ||
Igba | Unpitched | Membranophone | |||
Ikembe | Africa | Pitched | 122.1 Idiophone | Lamellophone | |
Ikoro | Nigeria | Unpitched | 111.24 Idiophone | ||
Ilimba | Zimbabwe | Unpitched | 211.11 Membranophone | ||
Jam block | Unpitched | 111.2 Idiophone | |||
Janggu / Janggo / Changgo | Korea | Pitched | 211.242.1 Membranophone | ||
Jawbone | Peru | Unpitched | 112.211 Idiophone | ||
Jew's harp | China? | Pitched | 121.2 Lamellophone | ||
Jhallari | India | Pitched | Chordophone | ||
Jingle | |||||
Junjung | Serer | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Kakko | Japan | Unpitched | 211.212.1 Membranophone | ||
Kanjira | India | Unpitched | 211.311 Membranophone | ||
Karyenda | |||||
Kebero | East Africa | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Kecer | Indonesia | Unpitched | 111.142 Idiophone | ||
Kemanak | Indonesia | Pitched | 111.24 Idiophone | ||
Kempyang and ketuk | Indonesia | 111.241.1 Idiophone | |||
Kendang | Southeast Asia | Unpitched | 211.222.1 Membranophone | ||
Kenong | Indonesia | Pitched | 111.241.2 Idiophone | ||
Kepyak | Indonesia | Unpitched | 111 Idiophone | ||
Keyboard glockenspiel | Pitched | 111.222 Idiophone | A keyboard instrument, not normally part of a percussion section | ||
Khim | South Asia | Pitched | Chordophone | Type of hammered dulcimer | |
Khol | India | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Kirikoketa | Basque | Idiophone | |||
Kiringi | |||||
Kisanji | Congo | Pitched | Lamellaphone | ||
Klong khaek | Thailand | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Klong yao | Thailand | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Kpanlogo | Ghana | Unpitched | 211.221.1 Membranophone | ||
Kulintang | Southeast Asia | Pitched | 111.241.2 Idiophone | ||
Kundu | Papua | Unpitched | 211.222.1 Membranophone | Papuan musical instrument | |
Kus | Persia | Membranophone | Ancient Persian kettledrum | ||
Lambeg | Ireland | Unpitched | 211.212 Membranophone | ||
Lion's roar | Unpitched | 232.11 Membranophone | Has also been referred to as a Chordophone or a Friction drum | ||
Lithophone | Global | Pitched | Idiophone | Either natural or placed rock formations which produce differing tones when struck. | |
Lujon | United States | Pitched | 111.222 Idiophone | Bass Metalophone | |
Lummi stick | Native American | Unpitched | 111.11 Idiophone | ||
Madal | Nepal | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Maddale | India | Unpitched | 211.222 Membranophonre | ||
Madhalam | India | Unpitched | Mambranophone | ||
Maktoum | Unpitched | Membranophone | |||
Makuta | Cuba | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Malimbe | Congo | Pitched | 111.212 Idiophone | ||
Mangey | Middle East | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Maraca | Latin America | Unpitched | 112.13 Idiophone | ||
Maram (drum) | India | Membranophone | |||
Marching machine | Unpitched | 111.212 Idiophone | [6] | ||
Marfa | |||||
Marimba | Guatemala | Pitched | 111.212 Idiophone | ||
Marímbula | Caribbean | Pitched | 122.1 Idiophone | ||
Mark tree | United States | Unpitched | 111.232 Idiophone | Also known as a chime tree or bar chimes | |
Mbira | Africa | Pitched | 122.1 Idiophone | African musical instrument, a type of plucked idiophone (lamellophone) | |
Metallophone | Asia | Pitched | 111.222 Idiophone | ||
Monkey stick | England | Unpitched | 112.12 Idiophone | Also known as mendoza or lagerphone | |
Mridangam | India | Pitched | 211.222.1 Membranophone | ||
Musical saw | Pitched | 132.1 Friction Idiophone | |||
Muyu | Japan | Unpitched | 111.24 Idiophone | ||
Nagara | Middle East | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Naqara | Mongolia | Unpitched | Membranophone | Large battle drum | |
Naqareh | Middle East | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Naqus | Morocco | Idiophone | |||
Ngoma drums | Africa | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
North Drums | United States | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Ocean drum | Unpitched | ||||
Octoban | Japan | Both | 211.211.1 Membranophone | ||
Omele | Nigeria | ||||
Onavillu | India | Pitched | Chordophone | ||
Ōtsuzumi | Japan | Pitched | 211.242.1 Membranophone | ||
Padayani thappu | India | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Pahu | Hawaii | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Pahū pounamu | New Zealand | Unpitched | Idiophone | Traditional Maori gong. | |
Paiban | China | Unpitched | 111.11 Idiophone | ||
Paila criolla | Cuba | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Pakhavaj | India | Unpitched | 211.222.1 Membranophone | ||
Pambai | India | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Pandeiro | Brazil | Unpitched | 211.311 Membranophone | ||
Pandero jarocho | Mexico | Unpitched | 211.311 Membranophone | Octagonal Tambourine | |
Pantalon | Europe | Pitched | Chordophone | A type of hammered dulcimer. | |
Parsifal bell | |||||
Pat waing | Burma | Pitched | Membranophone | A circle of 21 drums | |
Pellet drum | Unpitched | 212 Membranophone | |||
Piano | Italy | Pitched | Chordophone | A keyboard instrument, not normally part of a percussion section but listed as percussion in some older classifications, and stringed in others | |
Pixiphone | England | Pitched | 111.212 Idiophone | ||
Practice pad | Unpitched | ||||
Plasmaphone | United States | ||||
Pyrophone | |||||
Quadrangularis Reversum | United States | Pitched | 111.212 Idiophone | ||
Quintephone | |||||
Rainstick | Mexico | Unpitched | 112.13 Idiophone | Subclassed as a combination Shaken Idiophone and Individual friction vessel | |
Rakatak | Ghana | ||||
Ranat ek | Thailand | Pitched | Idiophone | ||
Ranat ek lek | Thailand | Pitched | Idiophone | ||
Ranat thum | Thailand | Pitched | Idiophone | ||
Ranat thum lek | Thailand | Pitched | Idiophone | ||
Ratchet | Unpitched | 112.24 Idiophone | |||
Rattle | Unpitched | 112.13 Idiophone | |||
Ravanne | Mauritias | Unpitched | |||
Repique | Brazil | Unpitched | 211.212.1 Membranophone | ||
Ring of bells | Pitched | Idiophone | |||
Ring-repique | Brazil | Unpitched | 211.212.1 Membranophone | ||
Ringing rocks | Idiophone | ||||
Riq | Middle East | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Rock gong | Both | 111.22 Idiophone | A type of constructed Lithophone | ||
Rototom | United States | Both | 211.311 Membranophone | classified it as no handle although it is usually mounted | |
Sabar | Senegal | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Sakara | Yoruba | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Salterio | Europe | Pitched | Chordophone | ||
Sambal | India | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Samphor | Cambodia | Unpitched | 211.222.1 Membranophone | ||
Sand blocks | Unpitched | 13 Idiophone | |||
Santoor | South Asia | Pitched | Chordophone | ||
Santur | Iran | Pitched | Chordophone | Type of hammered dulcimer. | |
Saron | Indonesia | Pitched | 111.222 Idiophone | Size from smallest to largest is Saron panerus, Saron barung,
Saron demung. | |
Semantron | Both | Idiophone | Used to summon monastics to prayer | ||
Shekere | West Africa | Unpitched | 112.122 Idiophone | ||
Shime-daiko | Japan | Unpitched | 211.222.1 Membranophone | ||
Shishi-odoshi | Japan | ||||
Shōko | Japan | Unpitched | Idiophone | ||
Sikulu | Congo | ||||
Silex Piano | Pitched | Idiophone | Lithophone | ||
Singing bowl | Himalayas | Pitched | 111.242.11 Idiophone | ||
Siren (alarm) | Scotland | Both | Electrophone | ||
Skrabalai | Lithuania | Pitched | 111.242.222 Idiophone | ||
Skull | Idiophone | ||||
Sleigh bells | Unpitched | 112.112 Idiophone | Jingle bells | ||
Slenthem | Indonesia | Pitched | 111.222 Idiophone | ||
Slide whistle | Both | Aerophone | |||
Slit drum | Both | 111.24 Idiophone | |||
Snare drum | Unpitched | 211.212.1 Membranophone | |||
Song bells | Pitched | Idiophone | |||
Sounding stone | China | Idiophone | |||
Spoon | Unpitched | 111.11 Idiophone | |||
Steel pan | Trinidad & Tobago | Pitched | 111.241.12 and 111.241.22 Idiophone[7] | Also known as steel drum | |
Stomp box | Unpitched | 111.24 Idiophone | |||
Stone marimba | Pitched | Idiophone | Lithophone | ||
Suikinkutsu | Japan | ||||
Surdo | Brazil | Unpitched | 211.212.1 Membranophone | ||
Suspended cymbal | Unpitched | 111.24 Idiophone | |||
Tabla | India | Pitched | 211.221.2 Membranophone | See pitched percussion instruments easily mistaken for unpitched | |
Tabla tarang | India | Pitched | Membranophone | ||
Taiko | Japan | Unpitched | 211 Membranophone | Refers to traditional Japanese drums in general. | |
Talempong | Indonesia | Pitched | Idiophone | ||
Talking drum | West Africa | Pitched | 211.242.11 Membranophone | Has a sound that mimics the human voice | |
Tambora | Dominican Republic | Unpitched | 211.212.1 Membranophone | ||
Tamborim | Brazil | Unpitched | 211.311 Membranophone | ||
Tamborita calentana | Mexico | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Tambour | Unpitched | Membranophone | |||
Tambourine | Unpitched | 211.311 Membranophone | But the headless tambourine is an idiophone | ||
Tan-tan | Brazil | Unpitched | 211.211.1 Membranophone | ||
Tap shoe | Unpitched | 111.222 Idiophone | |||
Taphon | Thailand | Unpitched | 211.222.1 Membranophone | ||
Tar (drum) | Unpitched | Membranophone | |||
Tassa | India | Unpitched | Membranophone | Type of kettle drum | |
Taxi Horn | Both | Aerophone | |||
Tbilat | Morocco | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Temple block | East Asia | Both | 111.24 Idiophone | [5][8] | |
Thappu | India | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Thavil | India | Unpitched | 211.222.1 Membranophone | ||
Thunder machine (instrument) | Unpitched | ||||
Thunder sheet | Unpitched | 111.221 Idiophone | |||
Timbal | Brazil | Unpitched | 211.251.1 Membranophone | ||
Timbales | Cuba | Unpitched | 211.212.2 Membranophone | ||
Timpani | Pitched | 211.12 Membranophone | Also called kettle drums | ||
Tingsha | Tibet | Unpitched | 111.142 Idiophone | ||
Tom-tom drum | Pitched | 211.211.1 Membranophone | |||
Tonbak | Iran | Unpitched | 211.261.1 Membranophone | Persian, also known as tombak, donbak and dombak, and as Tombakh Naar in Kashmir | |
Triangle | Both | 111 Idiophone | |||
Triccaballacca | Italy | Unpitched | Idiophone | ||
Tsuzumi | Japan | Pitched | 211.242.1 Membranophone | ||
Tsymbaly | Ukraine | Pitched | Chordophone | Type of hammer dulcimer. | |
Tubular bells | Pitched | 111.232 Idiophone | |||
Tumba | Unpitched | Membranophone | |||
Turntable | Both | 53 Electrophone | |||
Tumdak' | India | Unpitched | Membranophone | ||
Turkish crescent | Unpitched | Idiophone | |||
Txalaparta | Basque | Pitched | 111.222 Idiophone | ||
Udu | Nigeria | Unpitched | Idiophone | Also classed as an implosive Aerophone. | |
Vibraphone | United States | Pitched | 111.222 Idiophone | ||
Vibraslap | United States | Unpitched | 112 Idiophone | ||
Washboard | United States | Unpitched | 132.1 Idiophone | ||
Whip | Unpitched | 111.11 Idiophone | Also known as slapstick | ||
Whistle | Unpitched | Aerophone | |||
Wind chime | Unpitched | 111.232 Idiophone | Borderline as pitched or unpitched, as a melody can sometimes be perceived | ||
Wind machine | Unpitched | 13 Idiophone | |||
Wobble board | Australia | ||||
Wood block | Unpitched | 111.24 Idiophone | |||
Xylophone | Disputed | Pitched | 111.212 Idiophone | ||
Xylorimba | Pitched | 111.212 Idiophone | |||
Yanggeum | Korea | Pitched | Chordophone | Type of hammered dulcimer. | |
Yangqin | China | Pitched | Chordophone | Type of hammered dulcimer. | |
Yuka | Congo | Unpitched | Membranophone | Made from a hollowed out avocado trunk with a leather membrane. | |
Zabumba | Brazil | Unpitched | 211.212.1 Membranophone | ||
Zatula | Ukraine | Unpitched | 112.2 Idiophone | ||
Zill | Unpitched | 111.142 Idiophone | Also known as finger cymbal | ||
See also
Top-level articles
- Percussion instrument
- List of percussion instruments by type
- Classification of percussion instruments
Subgroups of percussion instruments
Categories
Only the more significant subcategories are shown
- Category:Percussion instruments
- Category:Membranophones
- Category:Drums
- Category:Idiophones
- Category:Cymbals
- Category:Pitched percussion
- Category:Percussion instruments by means of sound production
- Category:Percussion instruments by playing technique
- Category:Percussion instruments by tradition
- Category:Percussion instruments by usage
- Category:Membranophones
References
- ↑ http://www.indonesia.travel/en/destination/596/saung-angklung-udjo-village-nature-and-culture-in-perfect-harmony/article/89/angklung-harmony-in-a-bamboo-orchestra retrieved March 13, 2012: The tubes are carefully whittled and cut by a master craftsperson to produce certain notes when the bamboo frame is shaken or tapped.
- ↑ "Anvil : Grove Music Online - oi". doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.01068.
- ↑ "Brazilian Samba". prezi.com. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
- ↑ http://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical-instruments/percussions/celesta/an_overview_of_yamaha_celestas/?mode=model retrieved March 13, 2012: Although treated as a member of the percussion section in orchestral terms, the celesta is played by a pianist, the part being normally written on two bracketed staves.
- 1 2 http://www.soundjunction.org/profiletunedpercussion.aspa?NodeID=2 retrieved 13 March 2012 There are lots of tuned percussion instruments. Among the most common are the xylophone, marimba, the glockenspiel, the cowbells and the temple blocks. Other suthorities cited here however say that temple blocks are not considered pitched nstruments.
- ↑ http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textm/Marchingmachine.html retrieved 16 March 2012
- ↑ Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium
- ↑ http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textt/Templeblocks.html retrieved 13 March 2012: Although temple blocks are not considered pitched nstruments, they can produce discernable pitches, and some temple blocks are actually tuned to the pentatonic scale. Other authorities cited here however say that temple blocks are tuned percussion.