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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 instruments. In spite of being a very common term to designate instruments, and to relate them to their players, the percussionists, percussion is not a systematic classificatory category of instruments, as described by the scientific field of organology. It is shown below that percussion instruments may belong to the organological classes of idiophone, membranophone, aerophone and chordophone.
The percussion section of an orchestra most c...
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Some ethnic percussion instruments
Some ethnic percussion instruments
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Photograph taken during a performance by GOCOO at Beleuvenissen in Leuven
Photograph taken during a performance by GOCOO at Beleuvenissen in Leuven
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ECMB (ECMB, Eau Claire Municipal Band, Wisconsin) - Percussion Section
ECMB (ECMB, Eau Claire Municipal Band, Wisconsin) - Percussion Section
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Freer-Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Complete indexed photo collection...
Freer-Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Complete indexed photo collection...
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Evelyn Glennie at Moers Festival 2004 own photo, may 30, 2004- photo: nomo/michael hoefner http://...
Evelyn Glennie at Moers Festival 2004 own photo, may 30, 2004- photo: nomo/michael hoefner http://...
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Improvised bass drum in Trafalgar Square, London.
Improvised bass drum in Trafalgar Square, London.
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Latin jazz percussion sticks called 'clave' (foreground), and a conga drum in the background
Latin jazz percussion sticks called 'clave' (foreground), and a conga drum in the background
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A photograph showing various types of beaters, such as; Mallets, Drum Sticks, & Brushes all used...
A photograph showing various types of beaters, such as; Mallets, Drum Sticks, & Brushes all used...
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Susu people with djembe and balafo (photograph of unknown origin presented at the International Colo...
Susu people with djembe and balafo (photograph of unknown origin presented at the International Colo...
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T S Nandakumar self135
T S Nandakumar self135
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Terry Bozzio's Drum Kit, Out Trio Japanese tour 2007 at Jan 27 in STB 139, Tokyo
Terry Bozzio's Drum Kit, Out Trio Japanese tour 2007 at Jan 27 in STB 139, Tokyo
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Ludwig timpani and crotales (antique cymbals) from the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
Ludwig timpani and crotales (antique cymbals) from the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
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Traditional instruments - the Indonesian Embassy in Australia
Traditional instruments - the Indonesian Embassy in Australia
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