Instruments
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Drum Kit
The drum kit is a set of percussion instruments (drums, cymbals, hi-hat) played by a single performer.
Bodhrán
The bodhrán is an Irish frame drum played with a double-ended beater.
Bongo
The bongo is a pair of small Cuban drums joined together: the smaller <em>macho</em> (male) and the larger <em>hembra</em> (female).
Bubon
The bubon is a traditional Ukrainian frame drum with metal jingles around the rim.
Buhai
The buhai is a Ukrainian friction drum that produces a low roaring sound like a bull's voice.
Bass Drum
The bass drum is the largest drum, with the lowest, deep sound of no definite pitch.
Vibraphone
The vibraphone is a percussion instrument with metal bars and a motor that rotates resonator discs, producing a signature “vibrato.”
Glockenspiel
The glockenspiel is a percussion instrument of metal bars that give a ringing, crystalline sound.
Gong
The gong is a large metal percussion instrument shaped like a disk, often bronze.
Güiro
The güiro is a Latin American percussion instrument made of a hollow gourd with notches, scraped with a stick.
