Orchestration: Idiophones

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Idiophones.

Contents 1 Metal 1.1 Cymbals 1.1.1 Crash Cymbals 1.1.2 Suspended Cymbal 1.1.3 Hi-hat 1.1.4 Chinese Cymbal 1.1.5 Finger Cymbals 1.2 Tam-tam 1.3 Gong 1.4 Cowbell 1.5 Bells 1.6 Sleigh Bells 2 Wood 2.1 Wood Block 2.2 Temple Blocks 2.3 Castanets 2.4 Claves 2.5 Guiro 3 Other 3.1 Wind Chimes 3.2 Rainstick 3.3 Maracas

Metal

Cymbals

Crash Cymbals

Suspended Cymbal

Hi-hat

Chinese Cymbal

Finger Cymbals

Tam-tam

Gong

Cowbell

Bells

Sleigh Bells

Wood

Wood Block

Temple Blocks

Castanets

Claves

Guiro

Other

Wind Chimes

Rainstick

Maracas

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