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  2. Drum tablature - Wikipedia

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    Drum tablature, commonly known as a drum tab, is a form of simplified percussion notation, or tablature for percussion instruments.Instead of the durational notes normally seen on a piece of sheet music, drum tab uses proportional horizontal placement to indicate rhythm and vertical placement on a series of lines to represent which drum from the drum kit to stroke.

  3. Cajón - Wikipedia

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    Another way of playing the cajón is to use an ordinary bass drum pedal, thus turning the cajón into an indirect percussion instrument which can be played with the feet. This enables the player to beat it just like a pedal-bass drum, thus leaving the hands (and one other foot) free to play other instruments. On the other hand, it also ...

  4. Washboard (musical instrument) - Wikipedia

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    In a jug band, the washboard can also be stroked with a single whisk broom and functions as the drums for the band, playing only on the back-beat for most songs, a substitute for a snare drum. In Zydeco bands, the frottoir is usually played with bottle openers, to make a louder sound. It tends to play counter-rhythms to the drummer.

  5. Lists of tuned and untuned percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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    This group of instruments includes all keyboard percussion and mallet percussion instruments and nearly all melodic percussion instruments.Those three groups are themselves overlapping, having many instruments in common.

  6. Marímbula - Wikipedia

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    The musician sits on top of the box reaching down to pluck the tongues whilst slapping the sides of the box like a drum. The instrument's evolution and playing style is similar to the cajon box drum. This instrument was very important in the development of Afro-Cuban music as it was one of the basic instruments played by changüí musicians.

  7. Cajón de tapeo - Wikipedia

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    Cajón de tapeo, guitar and vihuela. The cajón de tapeo, tapeador, cajón de tamboreo or Mexican cajon is a wood box drum traditional to southern Mexico. It is played by slapping the top face with a piece of wood in one hand, and a bare hand.

  8. Son jarocho - Wikipedia

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    Son jarocho ("Veracruz Sound") is a regional folk musical style of Mexican Son from Veracruz, a Mexican state along the Gulf of Mexico.It evolved over the last two and a half centuries along the coastal portions of southern Tamaulipas state and Veracruz state, hence the term jarocho, a colloquial term for people or things from the port city of Veracruz.

  9. Orchestral percussion - Wikipedia

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    Much like the bass drum, the concert toms are meant to add color and shading to orchestral music. However, it can also be used much like the snare drum. In fact, the snare drum can have the snare off, producing a high tom sound. Depending on the composer and/or music, the concert tom can be used as both.