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bones, castanets, clappers, finger cymbals
a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
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bell, chime, gong
a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
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cymbal
a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together
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drum, membranophone, tympan
a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
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glockenspiel, orchestral bells
a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers
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gong, tam-tam
a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick
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kettle, kettledrum, timpani, tympani, tympanum
a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
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lagerphone
an Australian percussion instrument used for playing bush music; a long stick with bottle caps nailed loosely to it; played by hitting it with a stick or banging it on the ground
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maraca
a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow gourd containing pebbles or beans; often played in pairs
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marimba, xylophone
a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets
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forte-piano, piano, pianoforte
a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
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rain stick
a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends; makes the sound of falling rain when tilted; origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rain
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steel drum
a concave percussion instrument made from the metal top of an oil drum; has an array of flattened areas that produce different tones when struck (of Caribbean origin)
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triangle
a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle
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vibes, vibraharp, vibraphone
a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound
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bass drum, gran casa
a large drum with two heads; makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch
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bongo, bongo drum
a small drum; played with the hands
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carillon
set of bells hung in a bell tower
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grand, grand piano
a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs
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handbell
a bell that is held in the hand
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high hat, high-hat cymbal
cymbals that are operated by a foot pedal
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Pianola, mechanical piano, player piano
a mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys
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side drum, snare, snare drum
a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
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tabor, tabour
a small drum with one head of soft calfskin
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tambour
a drum
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tambourine
a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides
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tenor drum, tom-tom
any of various drums with small heads
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timbrel
small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglers
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upright, upright piano
a piano with a vertical sounding board
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zill
one of a pair of small metallic cymbals worn on the thumb and middle finger; used in belly dancing in rhythm with the dance