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Percussion word search with 55 instrument names including timpani, glockenspiel, and marimba.
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This 55-word percussion word search covers instruments from around the world and across musical genres for students in Grades 5–8. Hidden terms include timpani, glockenspiel, vibraphone, marimba, djembe, and tabla, ranging from orchestral percussion to hand drums. Use it in band or general music class as a vocabulary review, a warm-up during a percussion unit, or a sub-plan activity.

Subject:
Music
Topic:
Instruments
Grade Level:
5th – 8th Grades
Updated June 2023

Word List

  • AGOGOBELLS
  • ANVIL
  • BASSDRUM
  • BODHRAN
  • BONGO
  • CASTANETS
  • CHIMES
  • CHINACYMBAL
  • CLAVES
  • CONCERTBELLS
  • CONGA
  • COWBELL
  • CRASHCYMBALS
  • CROTALES
  • DJEMBE
  • FIELDDRUM
  • FINGERCYMBALS
  • FLEXATONE
  • GLOCKENSPIEL
  • GONG
  • GUIRO
  • HANDDRUM
  • HIHAT
  • KETTLEDRUM
  • MALLETS
  • MARACAS
  • MARIMBA
  • OCEANDRUM
  • RAINSTICK
  • RATCHET
  • RIDECYMBAL
  • SHAKER
  • SLAPSTICK
  • SLEIGHBELLS
  • SNAREDRUM
  • SPLASHCYMBAL
  • STICKS
  • SUSPENDEDCYMBAL
  • SWISHCYMBAL
  • TABLA
  • TALKINGDRUM
  • TAMBOURINE
  • TAMTAM
  • TEMBLEBLOCKS
  • TIMBALES
  • TIMPANI
  • TIMPANO
  • TOMTOM
  • TRIANGLE
  • TUBULARBELLS
  • VIBRAPHONE
  • VIBRASLAP
  • WINDCHIMES
  • WOODBLOCK
  • XYLOPHONE

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