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Percussion instruments

Scope note

Instruments played either by shaking, or by striking either a membrane or a plate or bar of wood, metal, or other hard material. NGDMI

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300041726

Broader Terms used

musical instrument

Term used for

instruments, percussion

Equivalent Terms used

percussion instrument

Created

13yrs ago

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