There are several generally they are instruments that need to be struck. Drums for instance.
the tambourine belongs to the percussion family because you hit it
An organ is a percussion instrument.
The xylophone is an instrument which belongs to the percussion instrument.
It is considered a percussion instrument since the strings are struck by hammers to produce tones. It is also considered a string instrument by some.
It is in the Percussion Family because you should hit it to be able to create a sound or music.
Piano belongs to a percussion instrument family. in order to produce a sound strings has to be struck by hammer. The striking action defines piano as a percussion instrument. Pianist is unable to produce the sound directly, like violinist or guitarist, for that reason piano can not be classified to string instrument family.
no, it is part of the woodwind family.
The harp is a solo string instrument, BUT it belongs to the percussion family in the orchestra, as it is used mostly for special effects.
Gongs are percussion instruments. In Mahillon's classification system, they are idiophones ("self-sounding") since the entire instrument vibrates to create the sound.
All drums are in the percussion instrument family.
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Many people believe that it belongs to the strings family because it have strings in it but it actually it a percussion instrument