🔔Hit or Beaten Instruments

Struck Idiophones

Idiophones that produce sound when struck with a mallet, stick, or beater. The most common type of idiophone, ranging from tiny triangles to massive gongs.

💡A concert gong can sustain its tone for over a minute after being struck.

17 instruments

🎵 xylophone 🎵 marimba 🔔 glockenspiel 🔔 vibraphone 🥁 steel drum 🎹 celesta 🎵 kalimba 🎶 music box 🔔 handbells 🥁 handpan 🥁 steel tongue drum 🔔 triangle 🥁 cymbals 🎵 gong 🔔 cowbell 🎵 woodblock 🔔 agogo

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