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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.

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Remove Topic: Drums (Membranophones)

Backstage "Tabor Theatre"

Arrangement for Drums

Art Blakey

Hopi Musician Playing Drum

Buddy Rich

Celestial Drummer

Five musicians playing drums

Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration: Nufal champions Majnun's cause in battle; recto: text

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

Hawaiian Drummer

Figure of a drummer

Lionel Hampton

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