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PercussionInstrument

Instruments that are struck either with sticks, mallets, or hands to produce sound.

Relationships
Parents	Instrument	A musical instrument.
Children	DrumKit	Various drums set up together and played by a single performer. Typical instruments included are the kick drum, snare drum, toms, hi-hat, and cymbals.
	PitchedPercussionInstrument	Percussion instruments which produce pitches and can be played melodically.
	UnpitchedPercussionInstrument	Percussion Instruments that are not made to have certain pitch. Played percussively rather than melodically.
Instances	AfricanPercussion	Includes many instruments, such as shakers, rope-tensioned skin-headed drums, and mallet instruments. Well known African percussion instruments include Djembe, Shekere, Talking Drum, Udu, Caxixi, etc.
	BrazilianPercussion	Instruments include various sizes of drums, bells and shakers. Popular instruments include Pandeiro, Surdo, Repinique, Tamborim, Agogo bells, etc.
	FolkloricPercussion	Differs based on culture. Some examples include taiko drums in Japanese culture and frame drums in Celtic and Scandinavian cultures.
	LatinPercussion	Percussion instruments primarily used in Latin music, such as timbales, cowbells, bongos, congas, cabasas, claves, güiros, maracas, etc. Many of these instruments are based on African predecessor instruments.
	OrchestralPercussion	Percussion instruments used in an orchestra. Typical instruments include timpani, bass drum, snare drum, cymbals, auxiliary percussion instruments, and various mallet instruments, such as the marimba and glockenspiel.
	TaongaPuoro	Traditional Māori percussion instruments from New Zealand. Many of the instruments are meant to imitate nature's sounds. Pahū Pounamu is the main percussion instrument used in Taonga Puoro. It is a gong instrument made of wood, greenstone, and whale jawbone.
Belongs to AVS	avs:InstrumentType	A Type of musical instrument.
	avs:Theme	A Theme.

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