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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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Drums (membranophones) 6 Filter by term Exclude term
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Backstage "Tabor Theatre"

E-mu SP-12 Drum Machine

Art Blakey

Maracas

Buddy Rich

Girl with Tambourine

Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d.1390); recto: Prince and Princess listen to musicians; verso: text

Vibraphone, used by Lionel Hampton

Wolverine Blues; Drum Improvisation

Snare Drum

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

Bomba Drum

Lionel Hampton

Bass Drum

Snare Drum

Crash Cymbal (18")

Presentation Drum

Maracas

Lionel Hampton

Blanchard Snare Drum

Male figure

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