Non-pitched percussion means that the instrument that you're playing doesn't play specific notes, like A flat or C natural. Instead, you'll read music like the example below, and make sure to play those rhythms correctly on the instrument that you're playing.

When you first start playing non-pitched percussion, you'll start off on a snare drum or a practice pad, which look like this:

There are two different main categories of non-pitched percussion: Battery and Auxilliary. Learn more about each group below!

The two main instruments in Battery percussion are the snare drum and bass drum.

Auxilliary Percussion (sometimes shortened to Aux Percussion) includes things like the triangle, tambourine, shakers, and MANY other percussion instruments that are struck, scraped, or shook. Click each video to learn more about the instrument!