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Lists of tuned and untuned percussion instruments

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Lists of tuned and untuned percussion instruments

This is a partitioned list of [[pmy ercussion instrument]]s showing their usage as tuned or untuned. See pitched percussion instrument for discussion of the differences between tuned and untuned percussion. The term pitched percussion is now preferred to the traditional term tuned percussion:

Contents

Each list is alphabetical.

Instruments normally used as tuned percussion

This group of instruments includes all keyboard percussion and mallet percussion instruments and nearly all melodic percussion instruments. Those three groups are themselves overlapping, having many instruments in common.

  • Angklung
  • Celesta
  • Chime bar
  • Cup chime
  • Glockenspiel
  • Hand chime
  • Marimba
  • Metallophone
  • Piano
  • Steel drum
  • Tubular bell
  • Timpani
  • Vibraphone
  • Xylophone
  • Instruments normally used as untuned percussion

  • Bass drum
  • Bongo drum
  • Conga
  • Cymbal
  • Gong
  • Snare drum
  • Timbales
  • Tam-tam drum
  • Instruments commonly used in both roles

  • Bell
  • Crotales
  • Cowbell
  • Hand bell
  • Octoban
  • Rototom
  • Temple block
  • Triangle
  • References

    Lists of tuned and untuned percussion instruments Wikipedia