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Love to Hear Percussion

Smithsonian Music

The Smithsonian celebrates both common and unusual percussion instruments along with the musicians who keep the beat.

Resource Type

Drums (membranophones) 7 Filter by term Exclude term
maracas, pair 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Cymbals 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Models 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Patents 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Shoes (footwear) 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Sound recordings 1 Filter by term Exclude term
delivery apparatus 1 Filter by term Exclude term
drum, cylinder 1 Filter by term Exclude term
performance box 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1860s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1870s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1880s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Puerto Rico 3 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Taiwan 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Bayamón 1 Filter by term Exclude term
California 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Concord 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Elkhart 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Indiana 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Iraq 1 Filter by term Exclude term

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Music & Musical Instruments 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Percussion 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Cultures & Communities 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Entertainment 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Home and Community Life: Ethnic 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Jazz 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Many Voices, One Nation 2 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Music 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Percussion 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Amusements 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Jazz 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Vidal 2 Filter by term Exclude term
American Civil War (1861-1865) 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Artifact Walls exhibit 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Civil War, 1861-1865 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Not determined 15 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 1 Filter by term Exclude term

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Remove Museum / Unit: National Museum of American History

E-mu SP-12 Drum Machine

Maracas

Vibraphone, used by Lionel Hampton

Patent model for a cylinder drum

Wolverine Blues; Drum Improvisation

Snare Drum

Tap shoes worn by Ann Miller

Bomba Drum

drum

Bass Drum

Snare Drum

Crash Cymbal (18")

Presentation Drum

Maracas

Blanchard Snare Drum

Tarima

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