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A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration. The term usually applies to an object used in a rhythmic context or with musical intent.

The word "percussion" has evolved from Latin terms: "percussio" (which translates as "to beat, strike" in the musical sense, rather than the violent action), and "percussus" (which is a noun meaning "a beating"). In a musical context, the term "percussion instruments" may have been coined originally to describe a family of instruments including drums, rattles, metal plates, or wooden blocks which musicians would beat or strike (as in a collision) to produce sound.

Some examples of percussion instruments are:

• drumkit
• steel drum
• castanets
• claves
• cowbell
• xylophone
• crash cymbals
• glockenspiel
• zills (finger cymbals)
• triangle
• steelpan
• piano
• timpani
• tambourine
• wood blocks

Source: wikipedia.org
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