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<h2 id="percussion-instruments">Percussion instruments</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Name(s)</th><th>Picture</th><th>Origin</th><th>Common usage<p><a href="/facts/Pitched_percussion_instrument/YYMnWvDc">Pitched</a>/<a href="/facts/Unpitched_percussion_instrument/u2v133xP">Unpitched</a>/Both</p></th><th><a href="/facts/Hornbostel%25E2%2580%2593Sachs/vuQKr7gv">Hornbostel–Sachs</a> Classification</th><th>References and notes</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Aburukuwa/xeCFhaYY">Aburukuwa</a></td><td></td><td>Ghana</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Afox%25C3%25A9/IYX0Q2U7">Afoxé</a></td><td></td><td>Brazil</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>112.122 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Agog%25C3%25B4/GWBUrv5p">Agogô</a></td><td></td><td>Yoruba</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.242 Idiophone</td><td>Commonly used in Samba.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Agung/8sV8Qbe2">Agung</a></td><td></td><td>Philippines</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.241.2 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Agung_a_tamlang/E7ejmTH0">Agung a tamlang</a></td><td></td><td>Philippines</td><td></td><td>111.24 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Alarm_device/QUTGg07V">Alarm device</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Both</td><td></td><td>May be electronic or mechanical</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Alfaia/YYHBH2l1">Alfaia</a></td><td></td><td>Brazil</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.212.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Alligator_drum/DepKI3eI">Alligator drum</a></td><td></td><td>China</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.2 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Angklung/FJURCzfM">Angklung</a></td><td></td><td>Indonesia</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.232 Idiophone</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Anvil/XDkKveGI">Anvil</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111 Idiophone</td><td>A similar-sounding alternative is often used due to the weight of the blacksmith's anvil<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Apito/z6DPQXdw">Apito</a></td><td></td><td>Brazil</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>421.221.11 Aerophone</td><td>Also known as <i><a href="/facts/Samba_whistle/z6DPQXdw">samba whistle</a></i>. Some apitos produce up to three different tones, but none of these is normally used as a pitched note.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ashiko/vIn7kQ0C">Ashiko</a></td><td></td><td>Yoruba</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.251.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Atabaque/nmdWehGB">Atabaque</a></td><td></td><td>Brazil</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.221.1 Membranophone<p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Atumpan_(drum)/tENexgJj">Atumpan</a></td><td></td><td>Ghana</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211 . 221 . 1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Axatse/yR4vJFyK">Axatse</a></td><td></td><td>Ghana</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>454.456 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Babendil/aRdY13sf">Babendil</a></td><td></td><td>Philippines</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.242.1 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bak_(instrument)/e7HBIghY">Bak</a></td><td></td><td>Korea</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.12 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Balafon/k5dFfXXT">Balafon</a></td><td></td><td>Mali</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.212 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bamboo_clapper/mdCpUakg">Bamboo clapper</a></td><td></td><td>Myanmar</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>321.321.6 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bamboula/FxsvUxBb">Bamboula</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.212.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bara_(drum)/mMHTClRQ">Bara</a></td><td></td><td>West Africa</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.11 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bass_drum/W7MvHkKJ">Bass drum</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.212.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bat%25C3%25A1_drum/1lF9tyDo">Batá drum</a></td><td></td><td>Nigeria</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.242.12 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Beatboxing/PhueepPz">Beatboxing</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Both</td><td>4 Aerophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bedug/N2Q10H0G">Bedug</a></td><td></td><td>Indonesia</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.212.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bell_(instrument)/oU1E1JHg">Bell</a></td><td></td><td>China</td><td>Both</td><td>111.242 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bell_plate/V7rLzevk">Bell plate</a></td><td></td><td>Asia</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.222 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bell_tree/QCwDN4Ck">Bell tree</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.242.221 Idiophone</td><td>Often confused with mark tree</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bendir/2wefYLHI">Bendir</a></td><td></td><td>North Africa</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.311 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Berimbau/0YSTBEaW">Berimbau</a></td><td></td><td>Brazil</td><td>Pitched</td><td>Chordophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bianzhong/8W1nULEs">Bianzhong</a></td><td></td><td>China</td><td>Pitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Binzasara/F6YTHLoa">Binzasara</a></td><td></td><td>Japan</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bo_(instrument)/rJDaMK5h">Bo</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Idiophone</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bock-a-da-bock/HpjM6DAR">Bock-a-da-bock</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.1 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bodhr%25C3%25A1n/LsgWbdMQ">Bodhrán</a></td><td></td><td>Ireland</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.321 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Body_percussion/DS4R8kKD">Body percussion</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bombo_criollo/b1owJkLG">Bombo criollo</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td>A family of Latin American drums derived from the European bass drum</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bombo_leg%25C3%25BCero/wexgrBBx">Bombo legüero</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td>Argentina</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bonang/CceghA3K">Bonang</a></td><td></td><td>Indonesia</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.241.2 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bones_(instrument)/6ABoBv1q">Bones (instrument)</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.11 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bongo_drum/yz8Sq6wG">Bongo drum</a></td><td></td><td>Cuba</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.251.2 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Boobam/QvPMEX2F">Boobam</a></td><td></td><td>United States</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.211.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Boomwhacker/4LSkA8b3">Boomwhacker</a></td><td></td><td>United States</td><td>Pitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td>Plastic percussion tubes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bougarabou/whkRwLmu">Bougarabou</a></td><td></td><td>West Africa</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.261.2 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bubon/dhDB2ogf">Bubon</a></td><td></td><td>Ukraine</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>232.311 Membranophone</td><td>Type of skinned Tambourine</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Buk_(drum)/cJ3eQgkN">Buk</a></td><td></td><td>Korea</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.222.1 Membrarophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Cabasa/KNmFQUeB">Cabasa</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>112.122 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Caj%25C3%25B3n/sfNbleHV">Cajón</a></td><td></td><td>Peru</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.24 Idiophone</td><td>Box Drum</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Caj%25C3%25B3n_de_rumba/AY3rbjzV">Cajón de rumba</a></td><td></td><td>Cuba</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.24 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Calung/eUIFaw6z">Calung</a></td><td></td><td>Indonesia</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.232 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Carimbo/Q0fIkP1B">Carimbo</a></td><td></td><td>Africa</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Candombe_drums/DuhAfILL">Candombe drums</a></td><td></td><td>Uruguay</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Cannon/IH7VkIpm">Cannon</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Pyrophone</td><td>Used in <a href="/facts/1812_Overture/Fq9an38j">1812 Overture</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Cantaro/H1AtE8Cz">Cantaro</a></td><td></td><td>Mexico</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Carillon/PkG1y4qz">Carillon</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Countries/umPWQ5hV">Low Countries</a></td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.242.2 Idiophone</td><td>A type of bell tower inner workings.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Castanets/c43oXpjM">Castanets</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.141 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Caxirola/htvIcQab">Caxirola</a></td><td></td><td>Brazil</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Caxixi/hw5u5LVo">Caxixi</a></td><td></td><td>West Africa</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>112.13</td><td>African basket rattle</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Celesta/DyrPPAp3">Celesta</a></td><td></td><td>France</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.222 Idiophone</td><td>As a <a href="/facts/Keyboard_instrument/zVUA9QNG">keyboard instrument</a>, not part of the <a href="/facts/Percussion_section/13oRl01V">percussion section</a> of the orchestra<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ch%25C3%25A1caras/WC2pj3gf">Chácaras</a></td><td></td><td>Canary Islands</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.141 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Chenda/tVuD0bnu">Chenda</a></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.212 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Chime_bar/db8Cc34x">Chime bar</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.221 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Chime_(bell_instrument)/mw8bIyk0">Chime (bell instrument)</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.242.2 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Chimta/fGEm1WYT">Chimta</a></td><td></td><td>South Asia</td><td></td><td>Idiophone</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China_cymbal/kaeM3uIt">China cymbal</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.24 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Cimbalom/P35qNeho">Cimbalom</a></td><td></td><td>Hungary</td><td>Pitched</td><td>Chordophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Clapper_(musical_instrument)/09b0hgR4">Clapper</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Clapping/Vyvpt86j">Clapping</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Clap_stick/bmL3cagp">Clap stick</a></td><td></td><td>Australia</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.11 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Clash_cymbals/r90DG5qH">Clash cymbals</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.142 Idiophone</td><td>Better known as crash cymbals</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Claves/o6Jy5AI7">Claves</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.11 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Clavichord/v0hAns7B">Clavichord</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Pitched</td><td>314.122-4-8 Chordophone</td><td>Sound formed by striking the strings, but played as a keyboard instrument</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Cocktail_drum/q6SbGMw2">Cocktail drum</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Conga/5LEvJquE">Conga</a></td><td></td><td>Cuba</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.221.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Cowbell_(instrument)/DRk10wjs">Cowbell</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Both</td><td>111.242 Idiophone</td><td>Tuned cowbells are known as <a href="/facts/Almglocken/DRk10wjs">almglocken</a> or <a href="/facts/Alpine_bell/DRk10wjs">alpine bells</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Crotales/0wTnU8HG">Crotale</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Both</td><td>111.24 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Crystallophone/N7QIgu1C">Crystallophone</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Pitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Cu%25C3%25ADca/TkGSgrVm">Cuíca</a></td><td></td><td>Disputed</td><td>Pitched</td><td>231.11 Friction Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Cultrun/0cLx37gn">Cultrun</a></td><td></td><td>Chile</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>321.322 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Cup_chime/dIPPSha6">Cup chime</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.24 Idiophone</td><td>The only pitched <a href="/facts/Cymbal/URddskPF">cymbal</a>, it is identical to a <a href="/facts/Bell_cymbal/dIPPSha6">bell cymbal</a> in all but usage</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Cymbal/URddskPF">Cymbal</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Dabakan/MbeNFnoR">Dabakan</a></td><td></td><td>Philippines</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211 Membranophone</td><td>Although shape is variously described as goblet, hourglass, conical, or tubular.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Daf/uuE4M2Pp">Daf</a></td><td></td><td>Iran</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.311 Membranophone</td><td>Also known as <i>Dafli, Dap, Def, Tef, Defi, Gaval, Duf</i>, and larger ones <i>defi</i> or <i>daire</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Damaru/0YFVp1Rw">Damaru</a></td><td></td><td>South Asia</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>212 Membranophone</td><td>Type of <a href="/facts/Pellet_drum/ITtlgRP2">Pellet drum</a>.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Damphu_drum/yuJmEUl7">Damphu</a></td><td></td><td>Nepal</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/%25C4%2590%25C3%25A0n_tam_th%25E1%25BA%25ADp_l%25E1%25BB%25A5c/2Ba3r7Ce">Đàn tam thập lục</a></td><td></td><td>Vietnam</td><td>Pitched</td><td>Chordophone</td><td>Type of hammered dulcimer.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Davul/eoEaUJ9e">Davul</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.212 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Daxophone/jb3kFxHv">Daxophone</a></td><td></td><td>Germany</td><td>Pitched</td><td>132.1 Friction Idiophone</td><td>Bowed percussion invented by <a href="/facts/Hans_Reichel/YbyRtKmo">Hans Reichel</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Dayereh/KYdGEWnm">Dayereh</a></td><td></td><td>Iran</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.311 Membranophone</td><td>Also known as <i>doyra, dojra, dajre, doira, dajreja</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Den-den_daiko/oVuGIpcB">Den-den daiko</a></td><td></td><td>Japan</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>212 Membranophone</td><td>Type of <a href="/facts/Pellet_drum/ITtlgRP2">Pellet drum</a>.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Derkach/QQFAqWwH">Derkach</a></td><td></td><td>Ukraine</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>112.24 Idiophone</td><td>Type of ratchett</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Dhaa/t3UQ9DBA">Dhaa</a></td><td></td><td>Nepal</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.212 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Dhimay/lnfkCCH7">Dhimay</a></td><td></td><td>Nepal</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.212 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Dholak/YyHxUVDQ">Dholak</a></td><td></td><td>South Asia</td><td>Both</td><td>211.222.1 Membranophone</td><td>Also known as <a href="/facts/Dholki/YyHxUVDQ">dholki</a>, similar to <a href="/facts/Dohl/zrTpQGmY">dohl</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Dhol/kCJ0n3Ru">Dhol</a></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Both</td><td>211.212.1 Membranophone</td><td>The bass head is pitched, the treble often unpitched, see <a href="/facts/Pitched_percussion_instruments_easily_mistaken_for_unpitched/u2v133xP">pitched percussion instruments easily mistaken for unpitched</a></td></tr><tr><td>Dimdi</td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.311 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Djembe/3SDWYobr">Djembe</a></td><td></td><td>Mandinka</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.261.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Dollu/wsVlMTsF">Dollu</a></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.222.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/%25C4%2590%25C3%25B4ng_S%25C6%25A1n_drums/AUb82LA2">Đông Sơn drums</a></td><td></td><td>Vietnam</td><td></td><td></td><td>Bronze drums</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Drum/YIPLomXA">Drum</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Drum_stick/GF7RjQ9k">Drum stick</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.11 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Drum_kit/XsmopoW9">Drum kit</a></td><td></td><td>New Orleans</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Dunun/Cc4734z6">Dunun</a></td><td></td><td>Mandé</td><td>Both</td><td>211.212.1 Membranophone</td><td>In <i>ballet style</i> playing, a repeating melody is played on three pitched drums</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Egg_shaker/mjT8WGsU">Egg shaker</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>112.13 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ekwe/VpV4z3QH">Ekwe</a></td><td></td><td>Nigeria</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.24 Idiophone</td><td>A type of <a href="/facts/Slit_drum/ITpFdqYy">slit drum</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Electronic_drum/LWRuY2E5">Electronic drum</a></td><td></td><td>England</td><td>Both</td><td>53 Electrophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Esterilla/2NUCJe1G">Esterilla</a></td><td></td><td>Colombia</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ferrinho/ngynBYe9">Ferrinho</a></td><td></td><td>Cape Verde</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Fiddlesticks/pfqyYhtX">Fiddlesticks</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Chordophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Finger_snapping/Tsno4tcF">Finger snapping</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Flexatone/JTfJKDxh">Flexatone</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Pitched</td><td>112.12 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Flower_drum/DDsUvplh">Flower drum</a></td><td></td><td>China</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Fontomfrom/lWlGrYsV">Fontomfrom</a></td><td></td><td>Ghana</td><td></td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Found_object_(music)/J3qvrpyf">Found object</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Frame_drum/qj4tKIek">Frame drum</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.3 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Friction_drum/2Xu4cQvY">Friction drum</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Both</td><td>Membranophone</td><td>A drum where a stick or chord is drawn through a hole in the membrane to make a sound.</td></tr><tr><td>Frog güiro</td><td></td><td>Thailand<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Galgo/qpU3vdwI">Galgo</a></td><td></td><td>Korea</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.242.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gandingan/sR3JpvfM">Gandingan</a></td><td></td><td>Philippines</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.241.2 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ganz%25C3%25A1/FfHWQr8u">Ganzá</a></td><td></td><td>Brazil</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>112.13</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gbedu/181rs8NP">Gbedu</a></td><td></td><td>Yoruba</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gender_(instrument)/N0VcYTHd">Gendèr</a></td><td></td><td>Indonesia</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.222 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Geophone_(musical_instrument)/Xl76HWg3">Geophone</a></td><td></td><td>France</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ghatam/yNasSBhE">Ghatam</a></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Glasschord/8A7Q6Vs5">Glasschord</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Glass_harmonica/KegFBfCA">Glass harmonica</a></td><td></td><td>United States</td><td>Pitched</td><td>133.2 Idiophone</td><td>Specifically a friction Idiophone</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Glass_harp/f8KaHjDL">Glass harp</a></td><td></td><td>Ireland</td><td>Pitched</td><td>133.2 Idiophone</td><td>Specifically a friction Idiophone</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Glockenspiel/tt7BMh4y">Glockenspiel</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.212 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Goblet_drum/yWlcsL1M">Goblet drum</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.261 Membranophone</td><td>Generic type by construction, see also individual instrument names</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Goema/73s00rkh">Goema</a></td><td></td><td>South Africa</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gong/js5Y2dE0">Gong</a></td><td></td><td>BruneiChinaIndonesiaJapanKoreaMalaysiaMyanmarTibetVietnam</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.241.1 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gong_bass_drum/4rVNghyx">Gong bass drum</a></td><td></td><td>Japan</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.311 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gongu%25C3%25AA/0lyPdzQe">Gonguê</a></td><td></td><td>Brazil</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.242 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Gome</td><td></td><td>Ghana</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.311 Membraphone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gudugudu/aXmR4JYd">Gudugudu</a></td><td></td><td>Yoruba</td><td>Pitched</td><td>211.11 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/G%25C3%25BCira/KmPplY50">Güira</a></td><td></td><td>Dominican Republic</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>112.23 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/G%25C3%25BCiro/dqFToyQy">Güiro</a></td><td></td><td>Cuba, Panama</td><td></td><td>112.23 Idiophone</td><td>Also known as <i>scraper</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gumbe_(drum)/94uaYhQ8">Gumbe</a></td><td></td><td>Jamaica, Sierra Leone</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.311 Membraphone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Hammered_dulcimer/LNdp99EA">Hammered dulcimer</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Pitched</td><td>Chordophone</td><td>Listed as a <a href="/facts/Stringed_instrument/srW2H8dV">stringed instrument</a> in some classifications</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Handbell/sKh1FT6K">Handbell</a></td><td></td><td>England</td><td>Both</td><td>111.242 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Handchime/fJICwy4X">Handchime</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.231 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Hand-repique/zJTQgthm">Hand-repique</a></td><td></td><td>Brazil</td><td></td><td>211.211.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Handpan/vPgIYAnS">Handpan</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.24 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Hang_(instrument)/5901mdm0">Hang</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.24 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Hi-hat/CFYvWBFd">Hi-hat</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.142 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Hosho_(instrument)/epKxw58X">Hosho</a></td><td></td><td>Zimbabwe</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>112.13 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Huiringua/Jh4PdJsG">Huiringua</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Type of slit drum</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Hydraulophone/aaeYvklY">Hydraulophone</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Hyoshigi/nIM54okG">Hyoshigi</a></td><td></td><td>Japan</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.11 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Igba/q9DF4DVV">Igba</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ikembe/Al37FQL8">Ikembe</a></td><td></td><td>Africa</td><td>Pitched</td><td>122.1 Idiophone</td><td>Lamellophone</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ikoro/gmvzr6UU">Ikoro</a></td><td></td><td>Nigeria</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.24 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ilimba_drum/BoAfdLbg">Ilimba</a></td><td></td><td>Zimbabwe</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.11 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Jam_block/EvMwA5Vh">Jam block</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.2 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Janggu/Mz0PhCUE">Janggu</a> / <a href="/facts/Janggo/Mz0PhCUE">Janggo</a> / <a href="/facts/Changgo/Mz0PhCUE">Changgo</a></td><td></td><td>Korea</td><td>Pitched</td><td>211.242.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Jawbone_(instrument)/7JLwhgyB">Jawbone</a></td><td></td><td>Peru</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>112.211 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Jew%2527s_harp/SnxVUToJ">Jew's harp</a></td><td></td><td>China</td><td>Pitched</td><td>121.22 Lamellophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Jhallari</td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Pitched</td><td>Chordophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Jingle_(percussion)/wnk7QaJA">Jingle</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Jori_(instrument)/pNS2Ql8A">Jori</a></td><td></td><td>South Asia</td><td>pitched</td><td>Membranophone</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Junjung/Es7PTEDT">Junjung</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Serer_people/4NGoxQYS">Serer</a></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kakko_(instrument)/mlq5JcDm">Kakko</a></td><td></td><td>Japan</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.212.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kanjira/GVqJSD0z">Kanjira</a></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.311 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Karyenda/E5ljNRrn">Karyenda</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kebero/BdMvW4fs">Kebero</a></td><td></td><td>Ethiopia</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kecer/YspfW2eh">Kecer</a></td><td></td><td>Indonesia</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.142 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kemanak/8MPs1cfq">Kemanak</a></td><td></td><td>Indonesia</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.24 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kempyang_and_ketuk/X2r98yt2">Kempyang and ketuk</a></td><td></td><td>Indonesia</td><td></td><td>111.241.1 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kendang/000BqLAh">Kendang</a></td><td></td><td>Southeast Asia</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.222.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kenong/0fQ4g2Nk">Kenong</a></td><td></td><td>Indonesia</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.241.2 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kepyak/MWaYFW3o">Kepyak</a></td><td></td><td>Indonesia</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Keyboard_glockenspiel/wXjk6hNH">Keyboard glockenspiel</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.222 Idiophone</td><td>A keyboard instrument, not normally part of a percussion section</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Khim/jKV3XDJ7">Khim</a></td><td></td><td>South Asia</td><td>Pitched</td><td>Chordophone</td><td>Type of hammered dulcimer</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Khol/lQEA83H6">Khol</a></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kirikoketa/NArY0jDs">Kirikoketa</a></td><td></td><td>Basque</td><td></td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kiringi/vIJhrj45">Kiringi</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kisanji/wtzcwYBc">Kisanji</a></td><td></td><td>Congo</td><td>Pitched</td><td>Lamellaphone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Klong_khaek/YKe8Bjr9">Klong khaek</a></td><td></td><td>Thailand</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Klong_yao/u6od05lB">Klong yao</a></td><td></td><td>Thailand</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kouxian/pp56W1Wq">Kouxian</a></td><td></td><td>China</td><td>Both</td><td>121.2 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kpanlogo_(drum)/P5mRYItf">Kpanlogo</a></td><td></td><td>Ghana</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.221.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kulintang/Sh4tlyq5">Kulintang</a></td><td></td><td>Southeast Asia</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.241.2 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kundu_(drum)/UJ7aMnae">Kundu</a></td><td>,</td><td>Papua</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.222.1 Membranophone</td><td>Papuan musical instrument</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kus/g50J2szF">Kus</a></td><td></td><td>Persia</td><td></td><td>Membranophone</td><td>Ancient Persian kettledrum</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lambeg_drum/reup6H7f">Lambeg</a></td><td></td><td>Ireland</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.212 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lion%2527s_roar_(instrument)/3gHTkv4B">Lion's roar</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>232.11 Membranophone</td><td>Has also been referred to as a Chordophone or a Friction drum</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lithophone/uRpjRXYo">Lithophone</a></td><td></td><td>Global</td><td>Pitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td>Either natural or placed rock formations which produce differing tones when struck.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lujon_(musical_instrument)/n71L00XN">Lujon</a></td><td></td><td>United States</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.222 Idiophone</td><td>Bass Metalophone</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lummi_stick/hoKhKh6k">Lummi stick</a></td><td></td><td>Native American</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.11 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Madal/tykI9tAe">Madal</a></td><td></td><td>Nepal</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Maddale/oAB0R5mL">Maddale</a></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.222 Membranophonre</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Madhalam/j9vaKxS5">Madhalam</a></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Mambranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Maktoum/8WdSHVpw">Maktoum</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Makuta_(drum)/F3ILDp27">Makuta</a></td><td></td><td>Cuba</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Malimbe/znhag8sa">Malimbe</a></td><td></td><td>Congo</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.212 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mangey</td><td></td><td>Middle East</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Maraca/cQXqaGYM">Maraca</a></td><td></td><td>Venezuela</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>112.13 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Maram (drum)</td><td></td><td>India</td><td></td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Marching_machine/GtL0FsSM">Marching machine</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.212 Idiophone</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Marfa_(instrument)/lu96SYTg">Marfa</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Marimba/tfIfmArp">Marimba</a></td><td></td><td>AfricaGuatemalaMexicoHondurasNicaraguaCosta Rica</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.212 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mar%25C3%25ADmbula/X8aBQUU3">Marímbula</a></td><td></td><td>Caribbean</td><td>Pitched</td><td>122.1 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mark_tree/yI8p2Bpn">Mark tree</a></td><td></td><td>United States</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.232 Idiophone</td><td>Also known as a <i>chime tree</i> or <i>bar chimes</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mbira/q5nDyRzK">Mbira</a></td><td></td><td>Africa</td><td>Pitched</td><td>122.1 Idiophone</td><td>African musical instrument, a type of plucked idiophone (lamellophone)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Metallophone/r6xbHVLn">Metallophone</a></td><td></td><td>Asia</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.222 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Metronome/UhRkhj2W">Metronome</a></td><td></td><td>Europe</td><td>unpitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td>Mechanical</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mirwas/CcIq5moq">Mirwas</a></td><td></td><td>BahrainBruneiIndonesiaOmanSaudi ArabiaYemen</td><td>Both</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Monkey_stick/WgRFoRG4">Monkey stick</a></td><td></td><td>England</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>112.12 Idiophone</td><td>Also known as <i>mendoza</i> or <i><a href="/facts/Lagerphone/WgRFoRG4">lagerphone</a></i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mridangam/DGzd54TU">Mridangam</a></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Pitched</td><td>211.222.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Musical_saw/pdaem5AX">Musical saw</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Pitched</td><td>132.1 Friction Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Nagara_(drum)/nTAM18rJ">Nagara</a></td><td></td><td>AsiaAzerbaijanDagestanIranTurkeyTurkmenistan</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Naqara/w0QAzWVY">Naqara</a></td><td></td><td>Mongolia</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td>Large battle drum</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Naqareh/w0QAzWVY">Naqareh</a></td><td></td><td>AzerbaijanIndiaSaudi ArabiaTurkeyTurkmenistanUzbekistan</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Naqus/J6fBv2Yt">Naqus</a></td><td></td><td>Morocco</td><td></td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ngoma_drums/cb1xrytB">Ngoma drums</a></td><td></td><td>Africa</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/North_Drums/qvfdIpNx">North Drums</a></td><td></td><td>United States</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Obrom/G1fDrlBe">Obrom</a></td><td></td><td>Nigeria</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ocean_drum/zepA7JoN">Ocean drum</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Octoban/dR24kRS7">Octoban</a></td><td></td><td>Japan</td><td>Both</td><td>211.211.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Omele/0cGmgRJF">Omele</a></td><td></td><td>Nigeria</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Onavillu/6xcWm2lW">Onavillu</a></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Pitched</td><td>Chordophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/%25C5%258Ctsuzumi/MRI5ncrV">Ōtsuzumi</a></td><td></td><td>Japan</td><td>Pitched</td><td>211.242.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Padayani_thappu/8M3NgeRF">Padayani thappu</a></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Pahu/k7YVHyCM">Pahu</a></td><td></td><td>Hawaii</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Pah%25C5%25AB_pounamu/rdbBlYhW">Pahū pounamu</a></td><td></td><td>New Zealand</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td>Traditional Maori gong.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Paiban/18rMHeyx">Paiban</a></td><td></td><td>China</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.11 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Paila_criolla/y4eG5JXD">Paila criolla</a></td><td></td><td>Cuba</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Pakhavaj/HID90hX1">Pakhavaj</a></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>pitched</td><td>211.222.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Pambai</td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Pandeiro/n3046JMQ">Pandeiro</a></td><td></td><td>Brazil</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.311 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Pandero jarocho</td><td></td><td>Mexico</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.311 Membranophone</td><td>Octagonal Tambourine</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Pantalon/pzxr9EUE">Pantalon</a></td><td></td><td>Europe</td><td>Pitched</td><td>Chordophone</td><td>A type of hammered dulcimer.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Pellet_drum/ITtlgRP2">Pellet drum</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>212 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Pixiphone/GjjqEmLT">Pixiphone</a></td><td></td><td>England</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.212 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Practice_pad/pXGoLAqM">Practice pad</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Plasmaphone/6N8wbB67">Plasmaphone</a></td><td></td><td>United States</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Pyrophone/2nEctC8G">Pyrophone</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Quadrangularis_Reversum/MzM87AUU">Quadrangularis Reversum</a></td><td></td><td>United States</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.212 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Quintephone/6N8wbB67">Quintephone</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Rainstick/uDbjDGDa">Rainstick</a></td><td></td><td>Mexico</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>112.13 Idiophone</td><td>Subclassed as a combination Shaken Idiophone and Individual friction vessel</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Rakatak/dIFSEESV">Rakatak</a></td><td></td><td>Ghana</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>234.345 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ranat_ek/w3D11IU2">Ranat ek</a></td><td></td><td>Thailand</td><td>Pitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ranat_ek_lek/I85kVGIb">Ranat ek lek</a></td><td></td><td>Thailand</td><td>Pitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ranat_thum/elqord7S">Ranat thum</a></td><td></td><td>Thailand</td><td>Pitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ranat_thum_lek/XTV3RAIY">Ranat thum lek</a></td><td></td><td>Thailand</td><td>Pitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ratchet_(instrument)/41UPR4EE">Ratchet</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>112.24 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Rattle_(percussion_instrument)/Sb9UvHTK">Rattle</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>112.13 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ravanne/VUI8wYPE">Ravanne</a></td><td></td><td>Mauritius</td><td>Unpitched</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Rebana/8cUuA7vz">Rebana</a></td><td></td><td>Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia</td><td>Both</td><td>211.311 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Repique/fqxzo5RT">Repique</a></td><td></td><td>Brazil</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.212.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ring_of_bells/g6D6Y27e">Ring of bells</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Pitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ring-repique/Eo41xLFu">Ring-repique</a></td><td></td><td>Brazil</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.212.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ringing_rocks/s3DwvfJj">Ringing rocks</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Riq/D6W3GPIl">Riq</a></td><td></td><td>Middle East</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Rock_gong/mDHxYhaK">Rock gong</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Both</td><td>111.22 Idiophone</td><td>A type of constructed <a href="/facts/Lithophone/uRpjRXYo">Lithophone</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Rototom/ko1QLgGG">Rototom</a></td><td></td><td>United States</td><td>Both</td><td>211.311 Membranophone</td><td>classified it as no handle although it is usually mounted</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sabar/pC7csqBR">Sabar</a></td><td></td><td>Senegal, The Gambia</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sakara_drum/m3qMxa83">Sakara drum</a></td><td></td><td>Yoruba</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Salterio/H7nUyGgy">Salterio</a></td><td></td><td>Europe</td><td>Pitched</td><td>Chordophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sambal_(drum)/3HyEEzYe">Sambal</a></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Samphor/qNKnDJj1">Samphor</a></td><td></td><td>Cambodia</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.222.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sanding_block/dDvxXdov">Sand blocks</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>13 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Santoor/BwQx2DH4">Santoor</a></td><td></td><td>South Asia</td><td>Pitched</td><td>Chordophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Santur/BwQx2DH4">Santur</a></td><td></td><td>Iran</td><td>Pitched</td><td>Chordophone</td><td>Type of hammered dulcimer.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sapp_(instrument)/mS6KSLQp">Sapp</a></td><td></td><td>South Asia</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Saron_(instrument)/NC7BPz8R">Saron</a></td><td></td><td>Indonesia</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.222 Idiophone</td><td>Size from smallest to largest is Saron panerus, Saron barung,<p>Saron demung.</p></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Scabellum/RFme045P">Scabellum</a></td><td></td><td>Ancient Rome</td><td>Unpitched</td><td></td><td>Often used by the <a href="/facts/Aulos/skgwb11E">aulos</a> players</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Semantron/my0f1I2J">Semantron</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Both</td><td>Idiophone</td><td>Used to summon monastics to prayer</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Shekere/EBbHCKd0">Shekere</a></td><td></td><td>BrazilBurkina FasoCuba, GambiaGuinea, Guinea-BissauIvory CoastMaliSenegal</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>112.122 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Shime-daiko/ot8RUAUI">Shime-daiko</a></td><td></td><td>Japan</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.222.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Shishi-odoshi/smnzzQoW">Shishi-odoshi</a></td><td></td><td>Japan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sh%25C5%258Dko_(instrument)/jWUkeaD2">Shōko</a></td><td></td><td>Japan</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sikulu/4RP8kjNv">Sikulu</a></td><td></td><td>Congo</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Silex_Piano/3vD2etMK">Silex Piano</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Pitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td>Lithophone</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Singing_bowl/E9PTqDTP">Singing bowl</a></td><td></td><td>Himalayas</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.242.11 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Siren_(alarm)/RHtWCJJq">Siren (alarm)</a></td><td></td><td>Scotland</td><td>Both</td><td>Electrophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Skrabalai/rLvP726S">Skrabalai</a></td><td></td><td>Lithuania</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.242.222 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Skull_(music)/BeYLt3zo">Skull</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sleigh_bell/yW9RurfQ">Sleigh bells</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>112.112 Idiophone</td><td><a href="/facts/Jingle_bell/yW9RurfQ">Jingle bells</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Slenthem/6IYq3nVv">Slenthem</a></td><td></td><td>Indonesia</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.222 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Slit_drum/ITpFdqYy">Slit drum</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Both</td><td>111.24 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Snare_drum/IN9Arnh3">Snare drum</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.212.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Song_bells/esteKulm">Song bells</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Pitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sounding_stone/A7AFGl07">Sounding stone</a></td><td></td><td>China</td><td></td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Spoon_(musical_instrument)/Y3zR1Ga3">Spoon</a></td><td></td><td>Greece, Russia, Turkey</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.14 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Steelpan/8LV6lx1a">Steelpan</a></td><td></td><td>Trinidad & Tobago</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.241.12 and111.241.22Idiophone<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></td><td>Also known as <a href="/facts/Steel_drum/8LV6lx1a">steel drum</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Stomp_box/X2nTcxMd">Stomp box</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.24 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Stone_marimba/uRpjRXYo">Stone marimba</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Pitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td>Lithophone</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Suikinkutsu/fdWSrk9r">Suikinkutsu</a></td><td></td><td>Japan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Surdo/VqxBkWsj">Surdo</a></td><td></td><td>Brazil</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.212.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Suspended_cymbal/jfzgMDNu">Suspended cymbal</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.24 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Taal_(instrument)/Eux7EETv">Taal / Manjira</a></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111</td><td>Also: manjira, karatalas</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tabla/xlNP7Cpf">Tabla</a></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Pitched</td><td>211.221.2 Membranophone</td><td>See <a href="/facts/Pitched_percussion_instruments_easily_mistaken_for_unpitched/u2v133xP">pitched percussion instruments easily mistaken for unpitched</a></td></tr><tr><td>Tabla tarang</td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Pitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tabor_(instrument)/d3AjRXIP">Tabor</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Catalonia/p2KeGXbf">Catalonia</a></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Taiko/2ApFll44">Taiko</a></td><td></td><td>Japan</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211 Membranophone</td><td>Refers to traditional Japanese drums in general.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Talempong/yvvdnhx2">Talempong</a></td><td></td><td>Indonesia</td><td>Pitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Talking_drum/g0ovHAEk">Talking drum</a></td><td></td><td>West Africa</td><td>Pitched</td><td>211.242.11 Membranophone</td><td>Has a sound that mimics the human voice</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tambora_(Dominican_drum)/kXqDez3M">Tambora</a></td><td></td><td>Dominican Republic</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.212.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tamborim/MobSy8H6">Tamborim</a></td><td></td><td>Brazil</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.311 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tamborita_calentana/jvaQygGC">Tamborita calentana</a></td><td></td><td>Mexico</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tamalin/Rk4ggYGX">Tamalin</a></td><td></td><td>Ghana</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.311 Membraphone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tambourine/e6IwRVRd">Tambourine</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.311 Membranophone</td><td>But the <a href="/facts/Headless_tambourine/mTd2yjyY">headless tambourine</a> is an idiophone</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tan-tan/WvVe2hLK">Tan-tan</a></td><td></td><td>Brazil</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.211.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tap_dance/PYUWn73v">Tap shoe</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.222 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Taphon/10YNrJs1">Taphon</a></td><td></td><td>Thailand</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.222.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tar_(drum)/8CwJngYa">Tar (drum)</a></td><td></td><td>Saudi Arabia</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.311 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tassa/L1VQfIJD">Tassa</a></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td>Type of kettle drum</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tbilat/5yaydBMN">Tbilat</a></td><td></td><td>Morocco, Saudi Arabia</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Teponaztli/yPx1CsUJ">Teponaztli</a></td><td></td><td>El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico</td><td>Both</td><td>111.24 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Thappu/EezUN4Ck">Thappu</a></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Thattai_(instrument)/3WeTahzj">Thattai</a></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td>Also known as a patpate.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Thavil/neLX2eKg">Thavil</a></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.222.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Thunder_sheet/tLbbQ9A7">Thunder sheet</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.221 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tifa_(drum)/DeUmDgB8">Tifa (drum)</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Maluku_Islands/Bwucm34R">Maluku Islands</a><a href="/facts/New_Guinea/qB0bzfSH">New Guinea</a></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.221 Membranophone<p>211.231 Membranophone</p><p>211.251 Membranophone</p></td><td>Three kinds: a barrel drum, an hourglass drum and a goblet drum. Not pitched but tone can be changed with wax on drumhead</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Timbal/Bjkcp9Tw">Timbal</a></td><td></td><td>Brazil</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.251.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Timbales/b4oo8whj">Timbales</a></td><td></td><td>Cuba</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.212.2 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Timpani/RMflATzA">Timpani</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Pitched</td><td>211.11-922 Membranophone</td><td>Also called kettle drums</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tingsha/JG0bdukY">Tingsha</a></td><td></td><td>Tibet</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.142 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tom-tom_drum/PzXfdGSw">Tom-tom drum</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Pitched</td><td>211.211.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tombak/XgpIvDUT">Tombak</a></td><td></td><td>Iran</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.261.1 Membranophone</td><td>Persian, also known as <i>tombak</i>, <i>donbak</i> and <i>dombak</i>, and as <i>Tombakh Naar</i> in Kashmir</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Triangle_(musical_instrument)/daNTkgEz">Triangle</a></td><td></td><td>Cajuns</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Triccaballacca/qchbtJgK">Triccaballacca</a></td><td></td><td>Italy</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tsuzumi/Us5et9XI">Tsuzumi</a></td><td></td><td>Japan</td><td>Pitched</td><td>211.242.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tsymbaly/hCzcMms1">Tsymbaly</a></td><td></td><td>Ukraine</td><td>Pitched</td><td>Chordophone</td><td>Type of hammer dulcimer.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tubular_bells/ASYvcGwT">Tubular bells</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.232 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tumba_(drum)/LNu0xyra">Tumba</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tuning_fork/bN6mcXCH">Tuning fork</a></td><td></td><td>England</td><td>Pitched</td><td>12 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Turntablism/4fboh9Hz">Turntable</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Both</td><td>53 Electrophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tumdak%2527/ULnk3mCF">Tumdak'</a></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Turkish_crescent/xmmQLNQW">Turkish crescent</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Txalaparta/B59RfHVA">Txalaparta</a></td><td></td><td>Basque</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.222 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Frame_drum/qj4tKIek">Uchiwa daiko</a></td><td></td><td>Japan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Udu/Fn68bYWk">Udu</a></td><td></td><td>Nigeria</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Idiophone</td><td>Also classed as an implosive Aerophone.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Vehicle_horn/ateRClBf">Vehicle horn</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Both</td><td>Aerophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Vibraphone/sXguIYEL">Vibraphone</a></td><td></td><td>United States</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.222 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Vibraslap/JqAo2ABv">Vibraslap</a></td><td></td><td>United States</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>112 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Washboard_(musical_instrument)/KggRB6nX">Washboard</a></td><td></td><td>Cajuns, United States</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>132.1 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Whip_(percussion)/09b0hgR4">Whip</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.11 Idiophone</td><td>Also known as <a href="/facts/Clapper_(musical_instrument)/09b0hgR4">slapstick</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Whistle/UIbmhlwN">Whistle</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Aerophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Wind_chime/9qUGa4gl">Wind chime</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.232 Idiophone</td><td>Borderline as pitched or unpitched, as a melody can sometimes be perceived</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Wind_machine/aNKGmgTW">Wind machine</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>13 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Wobble_board/ncMgpU23">Wobble board</a></td><td></td><td>Australia</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Woodblock_(instrument)/BL9cGHWu">Wood block</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.24 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Wood_scraper_block/VflvsetT">Wood scraper block</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Temple_blocks/BeYLt3zo">Temple blocks</a></td><td></td><td>China</td><td>Both</td><td>111.24 Idiophone</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Xylophone/3nI7DPvU">Xylophone</a></td><td></td><td>Ghana, Uganda, Zambia</td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.212 Idiophone</td><td>The xylophone is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Xylorimba/jj0Jl1uA">Xylorimba</a></td><td></td><td></td><td>Pitched</td><td>111.212 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Yanggeum/FILUNvE6">Yanggeum</a></td><td></td><td>Korea</td><td>Pitched</td><td>Chordophone</td><td>A type of Hammer dulcimer</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Yangqin/CCKRr0Jk">Yangqin</a></td><td></td><td>China</td><td>Pitched</td><td>Chordophone</td><td>Type of hammered dulcimer.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Yuka_(music)/xAnAjfT9">Yuka</a></td><td></td><td>Congo</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>Membranophone</td><td>Made from a hollowed out avocado trunk with a leather membrane.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Zabumba/n4Md1UKT">Zabumba</a></td><td></td><td>Brazil</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>211.212.1 Membranophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Zatula/3vqsyGB2">Zatula</a></td><td></td><td>Ukraine</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>112.2 Idiophone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Zill/gvCgaz4f">Zill</a></td><td></td><td>Asia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey</td><td>Unpitched</td><td>111.142 Idiophone</td><td>Also known as <a href="/facts/Finger_cymbal/gvCgaz4f">finger cymbal</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <h3>Top-level articles</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Percussion_instrument/YojwA7VR">Percussion instrument</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_percussion_instruments_by_type/rrw7vTvL">List of percussion instruments by type</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Classification_of_percussion_instruments/wX6rzzkf">Classification of percussion instruments</a></li></ul> <h3>Subgroups of percussion instruments</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Membranophone/qoh3VR84">Membranophone</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Idiophone/d6A4nqtH">Idiophone</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Melodic_percussion_instrument/t49fMS2H">Melodic percussion instrument</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mallet_percussion/SwNktpWV">Mallet percussion</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Keyboard_percussion/jLQKyCAt">Keyboard percussion</a></li></ul> <h3>Categories</h3> <p>Only the more significant subcategories are shown </p> <ul><li>Category:Percussion instruments <ul><li>Category:Membranophones <ul><li>Category:Drums</li></ul></li> <li>Category:Idiophones <ul><li>Category:Cymbals</li></ul></li> <li>Category:Pitched percussion instruments</li> <li>Category:Percussion instruments by means of sound production</li> <li>Category:Percussion instruments by playing technique</li> <li>Category:Percussion instruments by usage</li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Wonderful Indonesia – Angklung : Harmony in a Bamboo Orchestra". Archived from the original on 2014-09-28.: The tubes are carefully whittled and cut by a master craftsperson to produce certain notes when the bamboo frame is shaken or tapped. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140928195329/http://indonesia.travel/en/destination/596/saung-angklung-udjo-village-nature-and-culture-in-perfect-harmony/article/89/angklung-harmony-in-a-bamboo-orchestra" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20140928195329/http://indonesia.travel/en/destination/596/saung-angklung-udjo-village-nature-and-culture-in-perfect-harmony/article/89/angklung-harmony-in-a-bamboo-orchestra</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Blades, James; Holland, James (2001). "Anvil". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.01068. Retrieved 3 March 2024. <a href="/wiki/James_Blades" target="_blank">/wiki/James_Blades</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Brazilian Samba". prezi.com. Retrieved 2015-09-07. <a href="https://prezi.com/pxrb7tcjyl75/brazilian-samba/" target="_blank">https://prezi.com/pxrb7tcjyl75/brazilian-samba/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Celesta". Yamaha. Retrieved 3 March 2024: 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. <a href="https://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical_instruments/keyboards/celesta/" target="_blank">https://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical_instruments/keyboards/celesta/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Profile: tuned percussion" Archived 2014-09-08 at the Wayback Machine. There are lots of tuned percussion instruments. Among the most common are the xylophone, marimba, the glockenspiel, the cowbells and the temple blocks. Other authorities cited here however say that temple blocks are not considered pitched instruments. <a href="http://www.soundjunction.org/profiletunedpercussion.aspa?NodeID=2" target="_blank">http://www.soundjunction.org/profiletunedpercussion.aspa?NodeID=2</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>https://musicfrogco.com/blogs/music-frog-co/the-charming-world-of-the-thai-musical-frog-instrument <a href="https://musicfrogco.com/blogs/music-frog-co/the-charming-world-of-the-thai-musical-frog-instrument" target="_blank">https://musicfrogco.com/blogs/music-frog-co/the-charming-world-of-the-thai-musical-frog-instrument</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Marching machine". Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140908224756/http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textm/Marchingmachine.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20140908224756/http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textm/Marchingmachine.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium <a href="http://network.icom.museum/fileadmin/user_upload/minisites/cimcim/documents/H-S_20classification_20final_20version_20_282013_29_20without_20editorial_20markings-2.pdf" target="_blank">http://network.icom.museum/fileadmin/user_upload/minisites/cimcim/documents/H-S_20classification_20final_20version_20_282013_29_20without_20editorial_20markings-2.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Profile: tuned percussion" Archived 2014-09-08 at the Wayback Machine. There are lots of tuned percussion instruments. Among the most common are the xylophone, marimba, the glockenspiel, the cowbells and the temple blocks. Other authorities cited here however say that temple blocks are not considered pitched instruments. <a href="http://www.soundjunction.org/profiletunedpercussion.aspa?NodeID=2" target="_blank">http://www.soundjunction.org/profiletunedpercussion.aspa?NodeID=2</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Temple blocks". Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Although temple blocks are not considered pitched instruments, 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. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131227100054/http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textt/Templeblocks.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20131227100054/http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textt/Templeblocks.html</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>