In this section, the instruments that will be listed are the instruments that play a main part in an orchestra.
In a drum set, many different instruments come together to form a kit. The basic instruments that come together are: a snare drum, bass drum, floor tom, mid tom, high tom, hi-hat, and cymbols. There are many different variations of these isntruments. For example, the bass drum can vary in size and there are multiple different types of cymbols, all producing their own unique sound.
An idiophone is any musical instrument that creates sound primarily by the vibration of the instrument itself, without the use of air, strings or membranes. A common plucked idiophone is the Jew's harp.
Like stated in the Percussion History page, unpitched percussion instruments are instruments that don't produce a definite pitch. These are instruments like: tambourines, shakers, maracas, most cymbols, castanets, etc.
