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33 relations: Bass drum, Brass section, Celesta, Clash cymbals, Classification of percussion instruments, Concert band, Cowbell (instrument), Crotales, Cymbal, Glockenspiel, Hand percussion, Handbell, Keyboard glockenspiel, Keyboard instrument, Keyboard percussion instrument, Keyboard section, Mallet percussion, Melodic percussion instrument, Musical ensemble, Musical keyboard, Orchestra, Organology, Percussion instrument, Percussion section, Pitched percussion instrument, Snare drum, String section, The Typewriter, Timpani, Tubular bells, Unpitched percussion instrument, Woodwind section, Xylophone.
Bass drum
A bass drum, or kick drum, is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch.
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Brass section
The brass section of the orchestra, concert band, and jazz ensemble consist of brass instruments, and is one of the main sections in all three ensembles.
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Celesta
The celesta or celeste is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard.
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Clash cymbals
Clash cymbals (also called concert cymbals or orchestral cymbals) are cymbals played in matched pairs by holding one cymbal in each hand and striking the two together.
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Classification of percussion instruments
There are several overlapping schemes for the classification of percussion instruments.
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Concert band
A concert band, also called wind ensemble, symphonic band, wind symphony, wind orchestra, wind band, symphonic winds, symphony band, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of members of the woodwind, brass, and percussion families of instruments, along with the double bass or bass guitar.
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Cowbell (instrument)
The cowbell is an idiophone hand percussion instrument used in various styles of music including salsa and infrequently in popular music.
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Crotales
Crotales, sometimes called antique cymbals, are percussion instruments consisting of small, tuned bronze or brass disks.
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Cymbal
A cymbal is a common percussion instrument.
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Glockenspiel
A glockenspiel (or, Glocken: bells and Spiel: set) is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano.
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Hand percussion
Hand percussion is a term used to indicate a percussion instrument of any type from any culture that is held in the hand.
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Handbell
A handbell is a bell designed to be rung by hand.
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Keyboard glockenspiel
The keyboard glockenspiel (French: jeu de timbre) or organ glockenspiel is an instrument consisting of a glockenspiel operated by a piano keyboard.
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Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers which are pressed by the fingers.
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Keyboard percussion instrument
A keyboard percussion instrument, shortened as 'Keyperc', is a chromatic melodic percussion instrument arranged in a similar pattern to a piano keyboard and played with hands or percussion mallets.
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Keyboard section
The keyboard section of an orchestra or concert band includes keyboard instruments.
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Mallet percussion
A mallet percussion instrument is a melodic percussion instrument played in a particular fashion, with mallets.
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Melodic percussion instrument
A melodic percussion instrument is a percussion instrument used to produce several different notes of different pitches.
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Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble, also known as a music group or musical group, is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music, with the ensemble typically known by a distinct name.
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Musical keyboard
A musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument.
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Orchestra
An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which mixes instruments from different families, including bowed string instruments such as violin, viola, cello and double bass, as well as brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments, each grouped in sections.
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Organology
Organology (from Greek: ὄργανον – organon, "instrument" and λόγος – logos, "study") is the science of musical instruments and their classification.
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Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater (including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles); struck, scraped or rubbed by hand; or struck against another similar instrument.
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Percussion section
The percussion section is one of the main divisions of the orchestra and the concert band.
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Pitched percussion instrument
A pitched percussion instrument is a percussion instrument used to produce musical notes of one or more pitches, as opposed to an unpitched percussion instrument which is used to produce sounds of indefinite pitch.
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Snare drum
A snare drum or side drum is a percussion instrument that produces a sharp staccato sound when the head is struck with a drum stick, due to the use of a series of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin.
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String section
The string section is composed of bowed instruments belonging to the violin family.
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The Typewriter
"The Typewriter" is a short composition of light music by American composer Leroy Anderson, which features an actual typewriter as a percussion instrument.
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Timpani
Timpani or kettledrums (also informally called timps) are musical instruments in the percussion family.
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Tubular bells
Tubular bells (also known as chimes) are musical instruments in the percussion family.
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Unpitched percussion instrument
An unpitched percussion instrument is a percussion instrument played in such a way as to produce sounds of indeterminate pitch, or an instrument normally played in this fashion.
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Woodwind section
The woodwind section, which consists of woodwind instruments, is one of the main sections of an orchestra or concert band.
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Xylophone
The xylophone (from the Greek words ξύλον—xylon, "wood" + φωνή—phōnē, "sound, voice", meaning "wooden sound") is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets.
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percussion_section
