List of percussion instruments by type explained

This is a list of percussion instruments.

Tuned percussion

• Cimbalom
• Crotales
• Dhol
• Dholki
• Gong
• Glass harmonica
• Hammered dulcimer
• Handbells
• Hang
• Lithophone
• Marimba
• Metallophone
• Mridangam
• Glockenspiel
• The harp stop and other effects on the organ
• Quadrangularis Reversum
• Skrabalai
• Steel drums
• Tabla
• Timpani (kettle drum)
• Tubular bell
• Vibraphone
• Xylophone
• Xylorimba

Auxiliary percussion (Untuned percussion)

• Agogo bells
• Anvil
• Dayereh (doyra)
• Frame drum
• Finger cymbals
• Flexatone
• Glass harp
• Jam blocks
• Jordan Slap
• Knee Slap
• Marching machine
• Monkey stick (mendoza or lagerphone)
• Ratchet
• Rattle
• Sand blocks
• Siren
• Slapstick (whip or woodcrack)
• Jingle bells (sleigh bells)
• Slide whistle
• Tambourine
• Tambour
• Taxi horn
• Temple blocks
• Thunder machine
• Thundersheet
• Triangle
• Vibraslap
• Whistle
• Wind chime
• Wind machine
• Wood block
• Snare Drum
• Bass Drum
• Cymbals
• Suspended cymbal
• Brake drum

Persian percussion

• Tombak
• Daf
• Dayereh
• Esarkoten
• Dohol

Latin/Afro-Caribbean percussion

• Afoxé
• Alfaia
• Atabaque
• Agogô
• Batá drum
• Bond
• Bongo drums
• Cabasa
• Castanets
• Cajón (box drums)
• Caxixi
• Chácaras
• Claves
• Conga
• Cowbell
• Cuíca
• Djembe
• Dunun
• Ganzá
• Gonguê
• Güiro (a.k.a. scraper)
• Hand-repique
• Ilu
• Jawbone (instrument)
• Maracas
• Pandeiro
• Repique
• Ring-repique
• Shekere
• Surdo
• Tambora
• Tamborim
• Tan-tan
• Timbal
• Timbales
• Zabumba
• Zill

Indian percussion

• Thavil
• Pakhawaj
• Mridangam
• Kachhi Dhol
• Manjeeras
• Kanjeera
• Ghungroos

Further reading

• Shen, Sinyan, Acoustics of Ancient Chinese Bells, Scientific American, 256, 94 (1987).

See also

• List of percussion instruments
• Brass instruments
• Drum kit
• Gamelan
• Latin percussion
• List of membranophones
• Percussion instruments
• String instruments
• Tuned percussion
• Untuned percussion
• Woodwind instruments

External links

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