Concert Percussion

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Welcome to the Wikiversity page for Concert Percussion! This page will focus on common unpitched percussion instruments found in concert bands and orchestras, and how to play them. Additionally, famous etudes, excerpts, and solos will be provided for each instrument.

See Mallet instruments for information on how to play mallet percussion instruments.

As a percussionist in a concert band or orchestra, it's important to have knowledge of multiple instruments as the director or conductor will assign each percussionist to a specific instrument in the piece. The following list contains some of the most frequently used concert percussion instruments in a concert setting:

• Snare drum
• Bass drum
• Crash Cymbals (Piatti)
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tambourine
• Triangle
• Tam-tam (Gong)
• Woodblock
• Latin Percussion
• Other small auxiliary instruments

While these are the most common instruments, many pieces may ask for other auxiliary instruments like different cymbal types, different drums, and more. The techniques of these are otherwise similar to other instruments listed.

Although this article might be a jump start into helping those interested in playing percussion learn, the best way to learn percussion is to learn from a private instructor. In fact, learning from a private instructor is the best way to learn any instrument. It's often not too hard to find a percussion instructor, asking around on online forums or from friends who play percussion is a great start. Searching up music institutions is also a good way to find instructors. The staff at music institutions are more than willing to help out any struggling percussionists.

A snare drum is a type of drum with thin metal wire called snares running along the bottom of the instrument. It's often found on its own or as part of a drum kit.

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