Percussion instrument
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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. Excluding zoomusicological instruments and the human voice, the percussion family is believed to include the oldest musical instruments.
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See also
- List of percussion instruments
- List of percussionists
- Lists of tuned and untuned percussion instruments
- Orchestral percussion
- Percussion notation
- Vocal percussion
- Rudimental percussion
- Percussion ensemble
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