Akeyboard percussion instrument, also known as abar ormallet percussion instrument, is apitched percussion instrument arranged in the same pattern as apiano keyboard and most often played usingmallets.[1] While most keyboard percussion instruments are fullychromatic, keyboard instruments for children, such as ones used in theOrff Schulwerk, may bediatonic orpentatonic.
Despite the name,keyboard instruments such as thecelesta andkeyboard glockenspiel are not considered keyboard percussion instruments, despite beingidiophones, due to the different skillsets required to play them. This is because keyboard percussion instruments do not possess actual keyboards, but simply follow the arrangement of the keyboard.[2]
Common keyboard percussion instruments includemarimba,xylophone,crotales,vibraphone,glockenspiel, andtubular bells.[3]
.svg) | This article relating tomallet percussion is astub. You can help Wikipedia byadding missing information. |