Name/Group:

Percussion Section
Assignment Chart
Original Design by Bruce Pearson
Edited & Adapted by M. Max McKee

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Date/Period:

Director, The American Band College

Player Name or Part #

AC
AF
AG
AN
BD
BE
BH
BO
BR
BT
BW

Antique Cymbals
Afuche (or CB)
Agogo
Anvil
Bass Drum
Bells (Glock)
Bicycle Horn
Bongos
Brake Drum
Bell Tree
Bird Whistle

CA
CAB
CB
CC
CE
CG
CH
CL
CO
CR
DC

Castanets
Cabasa (or AF)
Cowbell
Crash Cymbals
Celeste
Chinese Gong
Chimes
Claves
Congas
Crotales
Duck Call

DS
FC
FD
FT
FX
GC
GD
GO
GU
HD
HH

Drumset (or TS)

Finger Cymbals
Field Drum
Floor Tom
Flextone
Glass Chimes
Gourd
Gong (Tam Tam)
Guiro
Hand Drum
Hi Hat

IP
MA
MB
MT
NC
PG
PI
PS
PW
RA
RC

Iron Plate
Maracas
Marimba
Mark Tree
Nightingale Call
Pop Gun
Piano
Piccolo Snare
Police Whistle
Ratchet
Ride Cymbal

RT
SA
SB
SC
SD
SH
SHB
SI
SP
SS
SW

Roto-Toms
Sandpaper Blocks
Sleigh Bells
Susp Cymbal
Snare Drum
Shaker
Ships Bell
Siren
Steel Pipe
Slapstick (or WH)
Slide Whistle

SY
TA
TAM
TB
TD
TH
TI
TM
TR
TS
TT

Synthesizer
Tambourine
TamTam
Temple Blocks
Tenor Drum
Taxi (Car) Horn
Timpani
Timbales
Triangle
Trapset (or DS)
Tom Toms

TW
TY
VI
VS
WB
WC
WH
XY
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Train Whistle
Typewriter
Vibes
Vibraslap
Woodblock
Wind Chimes
Whip (or SS)
Xylophone
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Special Notes:

(Revised 3/1/98)