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Percussion idiophones

Scope note

Instruments sounded by being struck either with a nonsonorous body, such as a stick or hand, or against a nonsonorous object, such as the human body or the ground. MARCUS

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000195371

Broader Terms used

<directly struck idiophones>

Term used for

idiophones, percussion

Equivalent Terms used

percussion idiophone

Created

13yrs ago

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