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It's registered as a percussion instrument because each key is attached to a hammer which hits a string to generate a sound.

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Is a keyboard in the percussion family?

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Keyboard percussion refers to a group of percussion instruments that are played by striking keys or bars with mallets. These instruments include the marimba, xylophone, and vibraphone. Unlike other percussion instruments like drums or cymbals, keyboard percussion instruments produce pitched notes, allowing for melodies to be played in addition to rhythms.


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The vibraphone is a keyboard instrument. But,sine you strike it with a mallet, it is a percussion instrument.


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What keyboard instruments have metal keys?

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Which category does the keyboard fall under?

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What instument is not a combination of a keyboard and percussion musical instrument?

Marimba?