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Depends on the percussion instrument. What kind?
The chimes have the highest pitch in the percussion family.
No it is an unpitched percussion.
It's percussion, but it's not tuned to a specific pitch.
Percussion instruments such as timpani, xylophones, marimbas, vibraphones, bells, or chimes which have a definite pitch.
Percussion instruments such as timpani, xylophones, marimbas, vibraphones, bells, or chimes which have a definite pitch.
tambourine
The two types of percussion instruments are pitched percussion and unpitched percussio n; pictch percussion produces a note and an audiable pitch, whereas unpitched percussion merely produces a note.
You can tune a snare drum but it isnt considered as a pitch percussion because tuning it doesnt relate to a particular pitch. So it is an unpitched percussion.
The same as the difference between a tuned and un-tuned wind instrument or string instrument.
An untuned percussion instrument is one that has no specific pitch. It includes the wood block, triangle, tambourine and cymbals.
Untuned, because it doesn't play a specific pitch.