See Also: percussion instrument(encyclopedia)
percussion(dictionary)
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Percussion(medicine)
percussion(dictionary)
direct percussion(medicine)
percussion sound(medicine)
percussion wave(medicine)
piano percussion(medicine)
threshold percussion(medicine)

percussion instrument (sh)




A musical instrument that is struck (or sometimes shaken or scraped) to produce sound.

This category includes instruments whose own hard substance is made to vibrate (idiophones) and instruments that include a tight membrane that vibrates (membranophones). Percussion instruments may produce tones of definite or indefinite pitch. Their primary function is often rhythmic, but many are used as melody instruments. They include the bell, carillon, cymbal, drum, dulcimer, gamelan, glockenspiel, marimba, piano, steel drum, tabla, tambourine, timpani, vibraphone, and xylophone.