percussion
Percussion instruments.
They are classed as percussion instruments.
They are percation istruments i play them both
A tympani, also known as a kettle drum, is a percussion instrument.
drum
a xylophone is an instrument that is used to make a chiming-like sound.
Xylophone is a kind of musical instrument. It begins with X.
the tympani actually spelt timpani is a type of drum used in an orchestra as a percussion instrument it is quite large and sits on the ground and is played with a huge stick similar to those used for gongs and has a deep vibrating mellow sound an xylophone has metal pieces held on a base and played with a smaller version of the timpani drumstick it is a bell like tinging sound made as the pieces vibrate it is closely related to the glockenspiel an instrument exactly the same but with wooden pieces rather than metal and making a hollow wooden mellow sound as it vibrates both instruments regardless if metal or wooden are varying sizes from small to large and hence the different notes are made when played
Both xylophones and timpani are percussion instruments. Both instruments can be found in the percussion section of any professional symphony. At standard percussion auditions, percussionists are required to play etudes on xylophone, timpani, and snare drum.
The instrument that is least common in bluegrass, folk and country music is the xylophone. The xylophone is a rare instrument on most of the music that is home to the Ozarks and most of the USA.
woodwind please disregard the above answer, it is a type of percussion instrument.
The xylophone band plays a variety of music genres, including classical, jazz, and popular music.