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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.

Museum / Unit

National Museum of African American History and Culture 7 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 5 Filter by term Exclude term
NMNH - Anthropology Dept. 4 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Photographs 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Drums (membranophones) 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Clappers (percussion beaters) 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Drum / Drumstick 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Sound recordings 1 Filter by term Exclude term
synthesizer 1 Filter by term Exclude term
vibraphone 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Eskimo, Alutiiq (Sugpiaq), Koniag 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Eskimo, Yup'ik 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Indians of North America 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Native Americans 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Salish Indians 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Sioux (Oceti Sakowin) 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Hunkpapa Lakota 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Yanktonai (Ihanktonwana) Dakota, Upper 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1860s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1870s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1880s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 1 Filter by term Exclude term

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North America 8 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 7 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Florida 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Kings 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Broward County 2 Filter by term Exclude term
District of Columbia 2 Filter by term Exclude term
National Mall 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Washington 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Music & Musical Instruments 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Anthropology 4 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery Collection 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Percussion 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Entertainment 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Music 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Instrumentalists (Musicians) 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Men 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Anthropology 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Ethnology 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Jazz (Music) 4 Filter by term Exclude term

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E-mu SP-12 Drum Machine

Buddy Rich

Drum Beats II

Vibraphone, used by Lionel Hampton

Pecten Shell Cymbals (1 Pair)

Drum Beats

Tambourine Drum

Milt Jackson, 1980

Wolverine Blues; Drum Improvisation

Art Blakey

Othello Molineaux, 1989

The Roots, ?uestlove, Sunshine Theater, Albuquerque, NM

Lionel Hampton

Lionel Hampton, 1991

Decorated Drum

Presentation Drum

Walt Dickerson, 1989

Popsy Dixon, 1996

Blanchard Snare Drum

Drum (Tshan-Jak, Kilyaut)

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