Percussion instruments

The shekere is an instrument from West Africa consisting of a dried gourd with beads woven into a net covering the gourd.

The celesta /sᵻˈlɛstə/ or celeste /sᵻˈlɛst/ is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard.

The güiro (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡwiɾo]) is a Latin American percussion instrument consisting of an open-ended, hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side.

Steelpans (also known as steel drums or pans, and sometimes, collectively with other musicians, as a steel band or orchestra) is a musical instrument originating from Trinidad and Tobago.

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument, in which the strings are struck by hammers.

The xylophone (from the Greek words ξύλον—xylon, "wood" + φωνή—phōnē, "sound, voice", meaning "wooden sound") is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets.

The marimba (/məˈrɪmbə/) is a percussion instrument consisting of a set of wooden bars struck with mallets to produce musical tones.

The vibraphone (also known as the vibraharp or simply the vibes) is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family.

A bell is a simple idiophone percussion instrument.

The flexatone or fleximetal is a modern percussion instrument (an indirectly struck idiophone) consisting of a small flexible metal sheet suspended in a wire frame ending in a handle.

A membranophone is any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by way of a vibrating stretched membrane.

An agogô (Yoruba: agogo, meaning bell) is a single or multiple bell now used throughout the world but with origins in traditional Yoruba music and also in the samba baterias (percussion ensembles).

A carillon (US /ˈkærəlɑːn/ or UK /kəˈrɪljən/; French: [kaʁijɔ̃]) is a musical instrument that is typically housed in the bell tower (belfry) of a church or municipal building.

A metallophone is any musical instrument consisting of tuned metal bars which are struck to make sound, usually with a mallet.

The cowbell is an idiophone hand percussion instrument used in various styles of music including salsa and infrequently in popular music.

It is found across Africa and South America, but mainly in Brazil.

The vibraslap is a percussion instrument consisting of a piece of stiff wire (bent into a U-shape) connecting a wood ball to a hollow box of wood with metal “teeth” inside.

The chande is a drum used in the traditional and classical music of South India and particularly in Yakshagana theatre art of Karnataka.

A bell tree (often confused with the mark tree) is a percussion instrument, consisting of vertically nested inverted metal bowls.

The afoxé is an Afro Brazilian musical instrument composed of a gourd (cabaça) wrapped in a net in which beads or small plastic balls are threaded.