Percussion Music Online

Percussion music online is dedicated to providing music and information about percussion. This site emphasizes non-traditional percussion, like body percussion. Perhaps the best example of non-traditional percussion can be seen in the the music from Stomp, the broadway musical.

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Percussion Information

World Percussion

  • Latin and Brazilian Percussion
  • Indian Percussion
  • Western Percussion

Percussion Music


Pitched or Tuned Percussion Instruments

piano | timpani | xylophone | marimba | vibraphone | bell | tubular bells | crotales | glockenspiel

Non-Pitched or Untuned Percussion Instruments

afuche | ashiko | basler drum | bass drum | bongo drum | cabasa | castanets | claves | cowbell | cymbal | doyra | dholak | güiro | gongs | khol | maracas | mendoza | monkey stick | message drum | monkey drum | ratchet | vibraslap | jam blocks | conga drums | surdo | snare drum | spoons | steel drum (not a membranophone) | tan-tan | tabla | temple blocks | tom-tom | timbales | triangle | | Lambeg drum | octoban | tabor | tambourine | tenor drum | tom-tom drum | bougarabou | djembe | djun-djun | log drum | | rebana | talking dru | bodhrán | goblet drum | davul doyra | tanbur | tapan | taiko | washboard | whip | wood blocks

A fun way to practice rhythm is by using a Dance Pad

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