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Percussion Instruments
93 instruments
Membranophones and idiophones — instruments sounded by striking, shaking, or scraping. Membranophones use a vibrating membrane (tabla, djembe, snare drum); idiophones are self-sounding bodies (xylophone, marimba, bells, castanets). Percussion is the oldest and most universal instrument family, present in every known musical culture.
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Akogo
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angklung buhun
Southeast Asia
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Apala Drums ( Drum Ensemble)
West Africa
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axatse
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Bass drum
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Bell
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bendir
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Big Drum (Ojibwe Drum Dance Drum)
Dewe'igan (Ojibwe: 'that which beats')
Great Lakes — Ojibwe / Anishinaabe territories
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bulbul tarang
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Caixa de música
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Castanets
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Cèng-cèng
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Chittara Battente
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Chittarone
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Chittarone (or Arch-Lute)
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Clappers
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davul
Middle East & North Africa
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Diamond Marimba
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dobulbas
добулбас
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Drum
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Drum, frame
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Drum (ingoma)
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Drum, plucked
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Drum, slit
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Drum stick
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Drum, tubular
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Drum, village-
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Ebinyege
East Africa
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Elimbi
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Empuunyi
East Africa
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Endege
East Africa
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Ennongo
East Africa
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Flapamba
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Folk dance bells and brass plates
South Asia
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gallal
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Gambang
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Gendang
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Glockenspiel
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Gourd Rattle
Híshe (Apache) / various
Widespread across North America
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Guitar
2 examples
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Guitar (plectrum)
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Guitar, rain
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Guitar, soprano
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Guitar support
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Inuit Drum (Qilaut)
Qilaut (Inuktitut) / Qilaun
Arctic North America — Inuit territories
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Jidur
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Jing
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Kalangu Drum
West Africa
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