The bass head is pitched, the treble often unpitched, see pitched percussion instruments easily mistaken for unpitched

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Instruments classified by Hornbostel–Sachs as struck or friction idiophones, struck or friction membranophones or struck chordophones.

This is a wide-ranging, inclusive list of percussion instruments.

Names of percussion instruments