Drums and Other Percussion

The percussion section includes lots of different kinds of instruments like drums (snare drum, bass drum, and timpani are just a few!), xylophones, marimbas, cymbals, hand percussion, and special effects instruments. Suffern Central 4th graders always start with the bells (glockenspiel), then begin to play other percussion instruments toward the end of 4th grade.

You can learn about some other percussion instruments here:

Glockenspiel


Xylophone & Timpani


Unpitched percussion instruments


The Percussion Family