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Percussion plaques

Scope note

Idiophones composed of plaques of hard material, usually stone or metal, which are played by being struck.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000195373

Narrower Terms used

metallophones
lithophones
flexatones

Term used for

plaques, percussion

Equivalent Terms used

percussion plaque

Created

13yrs ago

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