keyboard percussion
Tuned bar instruments
Keyboard percussion refers to pitched percussion instruments arranged in a piano-like layout of bars struck with mallets.
The family includes the xylophone, marimba, vibraphone, and glockenspiel.
Unlike drums, these instruments produce definite pitches and can play melodies and harmonies: She studied keyboard percussion at the conservatory.
- glockenspielTuned metal bar percussion
- xylophonePitched percussion with bars
- vibraphoneMotorized resonator percussion
- marimbaTuned bar percussion instrument
- gamelanIndonesian percussive ensemble
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keyboard percussionstrings
Thin flexible lines
string instruments · bowed strings · woodwinds · brass · drums
keyboard percussiondrums
Struck membrane instruments
bass drum · snare drum · cymbals · tom-toms · tambourine