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(thing) by PiGuy Fri Sep 27 2002 at 2:50:48

Following is what will eventually be a list of all known percussion instruments, excluding keyboard instruments. I will be constantly updating it, and please /msg me with any that I've missed or alternate names for ones that I already have.

Tuned Percussion

Mallet Percussion

  • chimes/tubular bells
  • glockenspiel
  • marimba
  • orchestra bells
  • steel drums
  • vibraphone
  • xylophone

Other

  • hand bells
  • tympani/kettledrums

Tom-toms and rototoms can also be tuned to a specific pitch, but are usually not classified as tuned percussion.

Pitchless Percussion

Cymbals

  • chinese cymbal
  • crash cymbal (as in drum kit)
  • crash cymbals (as in orchestra)
  • finger cymbals
  • gong/tam-tam
  • hi-hat
  • metal plate
  • ride cymbal
  • sizzle cymbal
  • splash cymbal
  • suspended cymbal
  • trash can lid (serious!)
  • trash cymbal

Stick Drums

  • bass drum
  • floor tom
  • marching bass drum
  • marching snare drum
  • marching tom-tom
  • pedal bass drum (as in drum kit)
  • piccolo snare drum
  • rototoms
  • snare drum
  • timbales
  • tom-tom

Hand Drums

  • ashiko
  • bongos
  • ciblon
  • conga
  • djembe
  • doumbek
  • tabla

Other

  • anvil
  • bell tree
  • bicycle horn
  • brake drum
  • cabasa/cabeza
  • castanets
  • claves
  • cowbell
  • egg (like a maraca without a handle)
  • flashlights (trust me!)
  • gourd
  • maracas
  • rain stick
  • ratchet
  • referee's whistle
  • slide whistle
  • sandpaper blocks
  • tambourine
  • temple blocks
  • whip
  • woodblock

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