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This chapter is about percussion instruments. The percussion family includes well-known instruments like drums, cymbals, and bells—and also hollow logs, tin cans, and truck springs. Anything that can be beaten or rattled to make a noise is potentially a percussion instrument. Therefore, this could be a very long chapter. To bring a little order to the zoo, this chapter starts with a definition.
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Hartmann, W.M. (2013). Percussion Instruments. In: Principles of Musical Acoustics. Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6786-1_26
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