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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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kayrak
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Kortal
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Kotsuzumi
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kulintangan
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lujon
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Lute guitar
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Lyre Guitar
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Lyre Guitar or Lirachitara
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Mbiwi
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Menat
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Metallophone
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Mokugyo
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Moon Guitar
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Muheme
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Music box
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nakkare
Middle East & North Africa
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Native American Hand Drum
Tewel (Ojibwe) / various
Widespread across North America
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Octa-Vibraphone
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Painted Drum
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pan
Western Europe
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pandeiro
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Plate Tarang
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Powwow Drum
Čhaŋčheğa (Lakota)
Great Plains, North America
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Prempensua
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Rattle
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Rattles, sliding
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Ritual Drum (damaru)
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Sakara Drum
West Africa
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Sanxian (Three-Stringed Guitar)
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Shashtar
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Sitar
1 example
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Small musical instrument 'sinza' with eight metal keys.
Central Africa
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StarrBoard
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suspended cymbal
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Tabla
तबला
North India1 example
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Talking Drum (Gangan/Dundun)
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Tambourine
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Tar
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Tawak-tawak
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tektekan
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Trompete para desfile militar
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Tsuzumi Drum
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Turtle Shell Rattle
Various — widespread in Northeastern Woodlands
Northeastern Woodlands, North America
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Vessel rattle
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Water Drum
Ganöhsesge:owa (Haudenosaunee)
Northeastern Woodlands, North America
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