Percussion

is a family of instruments that produce sound by being struck, shaken, or scraped. A musician who plays percussion instruments is called a percussionist or simply a percussion player.
== Instruments ==
Percussion instruments are most commonly divided into two classes: Pitched percussion, which produce notes with an identifiable pitch, and unpitched percussion, which produce notes or sounds without an identifiable pitch.
=== Pitched ===
*Timpani
*Rototoms
*Mallet Percussion
**Glockenspiel/Bells
**Marimba
**Tubular Bells/Chimes
**Vibraphone
**Xylophone
=== Unpitched ===
*Auxiliary Percussion (Triangle, tambourine, etc.)
*Drum Set
**Snare Drum
**Tom-tom
**Bass Drum
**Cymbal
== As portrayed in Sound! Euphonium ==
There are six students that play percussion instruments in Kitauji High School Concert Band, including:
* Narai Tanabe - Principal Percussion, Percussion Section Leader
* Masako Sakai
* Saki Kayama
* Miyoko Oono - Percussion Section Leader (Our Promise)
* Junna Inoue - Percussion Section Leader (Sound! Euphonium 3)
* Tsubame Kamaya
In Sound! Euphonium: The Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day, several more percussionists join the ensemble:
* Une Kitada
* Rairi Hayashi
* Motoko Higashiura
* Aota Maeda
* Sousuke Maeda
* Michiko Machida
In addition, the section's percussion instructor, Masahiro Hashimoto, majored in percussion performance in college.
== Trivia ==
* The percussion family is believed to include the oldest musical instruments, following the human voice.
* Percussionists are required to play multiple instruments in the orchestra or band, unlike other players who are limited to one instrument each. Being a percussionist is a highly respected job and is in charge of providing guidance and timing to the rest of the band. Hence, without percussion, the band is unable to function well. 
== Gallery ==
Percussion.png
timpani.jpg
cymbal.jpg
stressrelief.jpg
Percussion Double Reeds.jpeg
;Instruments 
Snare Drum.jpeg|Snare Drum
Bass Drum.jpg|Bass Drum
Timpani2.jpeg|Timpani
Crash Cymbals.jpeg|Crash Cymbals
Xylophone.jpeg|Xylophone
Glockenspiel.jpeg|Glockenspiel
Marimba.jpeg|Marimba
Chimes.PNG|Tubular Bells (Chimes)
Tsubame 2.PNG|Bongos
Congas.jpg|Congas
Drum Set.jpeg|Drum Set
Tom.jpg|Tom Tom
Vibraphone.jpg|Vibraphone
Liz and the bluebird 56.jpg|Percussion Mallets
Auxiliary.jpg|Auxiliary Percussion
Timpani Art.PNG|Hibike! Euphonium's timpani design
Snare Drum Art.PNG|Hibike! Euphonium's snare drum design
Glockenspiel Art.PNG|Hibike! Euphonium's glockenspiel design
Cymbals Art.PNG|Hibike! Euphonium's crash cymbal design
Bass Drum Art.PNG|Hibike! Euphonium's bass drum design
Category:Musical Instruments