Percussion instruments[edit]

Common usage Instrument name Pitched /Unpitched/Bot h Afox Agog Alfaia Angklung Anvil Unpitched Unpitched Unpitched Pitched Unpitched Also known as samba whistle. Some apitos produce up to three different tones, but none of these is normally used as a pitched note. Idiophone Membranophone Idiophone
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Apito

Unpitched

Aerophone

Atabaque Bass drum Bat drum Bell Bodhrn Bongo drum Cabasa Castanets Cajn Caxixi

Unpitched Unpitched Unpitched Both Unpitched Unpitched Unpitched Unpitched Unpitched Unpitched

Membranophone Membranophone Membranophone Idiophone

Membranophone Idiophone Idiophone Cuban box drum African basket rattle As a keyboard instrument, not part of the percussion section of [2] the orchestra

Celesta

Pitched

Idiophone

Chcaras Chime bar Cimbalom Claves Conga

Unpitched Pitched Pitched Unpitched Unpitched Membranophone Idiophone

Common usage Instrument name Pitched /Unpitched/Bot h Cowbell Crotale Cuca Both Both Unpitched The only pitched cymbal, it is identical to a bell cymbal in all but usage Idiophone Idiophone Tuned cowbells are known [3] as almglocken or alpine bells Classificatio n References and notes

Cup chime

Pitched

Idiophone

Cymbal

Unpitched

Idiophone Also known as Dafli, Dap, Def, Membranophone Tef, Defi, Gaval, Duf, and larger ones defi or daire Also known as doyra, dojra, dajre, doira, dajreja Membranophone Membranophone Also known as dholki, similar to dohl

Daf

Unpitched

Dayereh Djembe Dholak

Unpitched Unpitched Both

Dohl

Both

The bass head is pitched, the treble often unpitched, Membranophone see pitched percussion instruments easily mistaken for unpitched Membranophone Persian dohl In ballet style playing, a Membranophone repeating melody is played on three pitched drums

Dohol

Both

Dunun

Both

Flexatone Frame drum Ganz Glass harp Glockenspiel Goblet drum

Unpitched Unpitched Unpitched Unpitched Pitched Unpitched Idiophone Membranophone Generic type by construction, see also individual instrument Membranophone

Common usage Instrument name Pitched /Unpitched/Bot h names Gong Gongu Giro Unpitched Unpitched Unpitched Idiophone Also known as scraper Listed as a stringed instrument in some classifications Idiophone Classificatio n References and notes

Hammered dulcimer

Pitched

Chordophone

Hand bell Hand-repique Jam block

Both Unpitched Unpitched

Idiophone Membranophone Idiophone

Janggu / Janggo /Changg Pitched o Jawbone Unpitched Idiophone African musical instrument, a type of plucked idiophone (lamellophone) A keyboard instrument, not normally part of a percussion section

Kalimba

Pitched

Idiophone

Keyboard glockenspiel

Pitched

Idiophone

Kundu Lithophone Maraca Marching machine Marimba Mark tree Metallophone Monkey stick Octoban

Unpitched Pitched Unpitched Unpitched Pitched Unpitched Pitched Unpitched Both

Membranophone Papuan musical instrument Idiophone Idiophone Idiophone Idiophone Idiophone Idiophone Idiophone Membranophone Also known as mendoza or lagerphone Also known as a chime tree or bar chimes
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Common usage Instrument name Pitched /Unpitched/Bot h Pandeiro Unpitched A keyboard instrument, not normally part of a percussion section but listed as percussion in some older classifications, and stringed in others Classificatio n References and notes

Piano

Pitched

Chordophone

Quadrangularis Reversum Pitched Ratchet Rattle Repique Ring-repique Rototom Sand blocks Siren Shekere Skrabalai Sleigh bells Slide whistle Snare drum Steel pan Surdo Unpitched Unpitched Unpitched Unpitched Both Unpitched Unpitched Unpitched Pitched Unpitched Both Unpitched Pitched Unpitched

Idiophone Idiophone Idiophone Membranophone Membranophone Membranophone

Aerophone

Idiophone Aerophone Membranophone Idiophone

Jingle bells

Also known as steel drum

Tabla

Pitched

See pitched percussion Membranophone instruments easily mistaken for unpitched Membranophone

Tambora Tamborim Tambourine Tambour

Unpitched Unpitched Unpitched Unpitched

Membranophone

But the headless tambourine is an idiophone

Common usage Instrument name Pitched /Unpitched/Bot h Tan-tan Taxi horn Temple block Timbal Timbales Unpitched Unpitched Both Unpitched Unpitched Membranophone Persian, also known as tombak, donbak and dombak , and as Tombakh Naar in Kashmir Idiophone Idiophone Membranophone Idiophone Idiophone Membranophone Idiophone Idiophone
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Tonbak

Unpitched

Thunder machine Thundersheet Tom-tom drum Triangle Tubular bells Timpani Vibraphone Vibraslap Whip Whistle

Unpitched Unpitched Unpitched Both Pitched Pitched Pitched Unpitched Unpitched Unpitched

Idiophone Aerophone

Also known as slapstick

Wind chime

Unpitched

Idiophone

Borderline as pitched or unpitched, as a melody can sometimes be perceived

Wind machine Wood block Xylophone Xylorimba Zabumba Zill

Unpitched Unpitched Pitched Pitched Unpitched Unpitched Idiophone Also known as finger cymbal Idiophone Idiophone