percussion instrument

type of musical instrument that produces a sound by directly hitting it
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percussion instrument

Summary

percussion instrument is a family of musical instruments[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of family_of_musical_instruments entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (709 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • percussion instrument's image is recorded as Groupe Tribal Percussions - 247.jpg[3].
  • percussion instrument's image is recorded as Desfiles de Las Llamadas - The Calls Parade 2019 190207-1040521-jikatu (40066744713).jpg[4].
  • percussion instrument's instance of is recorded as family of musical instruments[5].
  • percussion instrument's GND ID is recorded as 4137283-9[6].
  • percussion instrument's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85099761[7].
  • percussion instrument's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119389226[8].
  • percussion instrument's subclass of is recorded as musical instrument[9].
  • percussion instrument's subclass of is recorded as percussion instrument[10].
  • percussion instrument's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00561188[11].
  • percussion instrument's Commons category is recorded as Percussion instruments[12].
  • percussion instrument's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 1552[13].
  • percussion instrument's has part is recorded as trigger[14].
  • percussion instrument's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0l14md[15].
  • percussion instrument's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph118874[16].
  • percussion instrument's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Percussion instruments[17].
  • percussion instrument's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX527362[18].
  • percussion instrument's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300041726[19].
  • percussion instrument's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 786.8[20].
  • percussion instrument's Iconclass notation is recorded as 48CC734[21].
  • percussion instrument's Iconclass notation is recorded as 48C734[22].
  • percussion instrument's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0200423[23].
  • percussion instrument's MusicBrainz instrument ID is recorded as 8e9abdf1-0afc-4544-b201-c6fa768d01f4[24].
  • percussion instrument's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
  • percussion instrument's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[26].
  • percussion instrument's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000083476[27].

Why It Matters

percussion instrument ranks in the top 5% of family_of_musical_instruments entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (709 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 97 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subreddit percussion
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P3984]]: percussion, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144665018|percussion (#144665018)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit Directo"
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