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The Percussion Portal

Percussion is a group of musical instruments classified by being hit, shaken, scraped, rubbed, or manipulated by virtually any other means in order to produce vibration. It is an extremely wide range of instruments, encompassing multiple cultures and time periods.

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Agung · Pete Best · Jimmy Chamberlin · Jon Coghill · Gandingan · Kulintang · Neil Peart

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Phil Collins · David Lovering · Olivier Messiaen

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List of Caribbean membranophones

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Things you can do

• Expand: Baby Dodds, percussion ensemble, Robert van Sice, more...
• Verify: Naná Vasconcelos, blast beat, Moeller method

Related WikiProjects

• WikiProject Music
• WikiProject Musical Instruments
• WikiProject Percussion
• WikiProject Drum Corps

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Major topics

• Essential topics: percussion instrument • drum • idiophone • membranophone • chordophone • aerophone • electrophone • percussion notation • rudiment • gamelan
• Major instruments, playing methods, and implements: balafon • marimba • djembe • xylophone • drum kit • timpani • cymbal • gong • drum stick • bells • Latin percussion • Brazilian percussion • hand drums • orchestral percussion • gong and chime music