Which instruments are percussion instruments?

By the way of playing can be divided into the traditional four categories - " blowing, pulling, playing and beating ":

1, blowing: wind instruments, such as a variety of flutes, xiao, pipes, suona, shawm, sheng, ocarina, hulusi, bawu and so on, are required to use the mouth of the mouth blowing vibration of the sound;

2, pulling: pulling the stringed instruments, such as a variety of huqin, Horse head qin, Aijiek and so on, all with a bow to pull the strings vibration membrane or box vibration sound;

3, play: plucked instruments, such as the pipa, guzheng, guqin, a variety of ruan, liuqin, yueqin, dulcimer and so on, the finger real armor or righteous nail or plectrum plucked strings vibration sound;

4, hit: percussion instruments, such as a variety of drums, gongs, cymbals, cymbals, wooden fish, gongs, chimes, chimes and so on, with mallets and chimes, and so on, struck with a mallet to vibrate the sound.

Ps: Yangqin belongs to plucked or percussion instruments may be controversial, because its principle of sound is also the mallet struck the strings vibration sound, but its tone is close to other plucked instruments.

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